Installing a log burner

[scottpetrie]

Hi
I have a granite fireplace and a gas fire. I want to get rid of the gas fore and put in a log burner. I have built a false chimney breast around it with fireproof plasterboard. Could I put in half brick tiles on the inside faces of the chimney breast/fireplace and that would work? Also, above the fireplace is a TV set into the wall, with a plug socket behind it. Is it okay to run the flue from the top of the log burner, behind the tv and up through the false chimney breast, through the ceiling and out through the roof (its a bungalow) ?

 

[Deleted member 292770]

Alarm bells. False fireplace ? more details needed. pictures and building materials of said fireplace.
Also , are you intending installing it yourself or employing an approvred installer?.

 

[scottpetrie]

Not a false fire place, a false chimney breast. Im wondering if its possible to run the flue behind the fireproof plasterboard and TV i.e does it produce heat or is it insulated, and if so is it a massive job?

 

[cdbe]

It depends on the type of stove, the manufacturers instructions, the type of flue and building regulations.

You're probably best with a rigid twinwall flue system such as Selkirk.

 

[Deleted member 292770]

False chimney breast , same peril , what’s it constructed from?

 

[scottpetrie]

Fire proof plasterboard

 

[lostinthelight]

https://www.stovefitterswarehouse.co.uk/pages/lining-a-fireplace

 

[denso13]

m wondering if its possible

Yes, but you'll need an approved installer or involve building control at your local council.

 

[Notch7]

As Denso says, it’s notifiable work.

it has to be done by a HETAS registered engineer.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the price was £1k to £2k

 

[Deleted member 292770]

Yes

No. not with plasterboard and lets assume wood.

 

[denso13]

No. not with plasterboard and lets assume wood.

Could be anything if the correct clearances are used.

 

[lostinthelight]

Could be anything if the correct clearances are used.

Clearances to what, within the opening?

 

[denso13]

Clearances to what?

Flue to false chimney breast, it's kinda what the thread is about.

 

[lostinthelight]

Could I put in half brick tiles on the inside faces of the chimney breast/fireplace and that would work? ?

A picture would make things clearer but,
Within the opening has to be fireproof suit future eventualities, any future occupants couldn't be expected to tear anything out to see if a change of stove contravened the new stoves distance to combustibles specs.

 

[williamglossop]

It is notifiable work..... but lots of things are that people just get on with. Im not condoning u bypassing the regs....... but loads of people just get it done.