This is a two part query relating to stove fitting, the other part is in the electrical section.
I already have a stove installed in the living room and it discharges through a stainless chimney liner, all the register plate is fitted and certified etc
The whole room is looking very tired, and so the fireplace/hearth/mantelpiece/stove is going to be re-done at the same time. I intend to replace the mantelpiece (currently a steel, stone and cement Heath Robinson affair) with something either timber, or concrete but timber effect. Also, I'll have the inset of the "fire place" illuminated with LED strips of spots then re-fit the stove back in the inset and to the register plate.
There's a number of issues I've identified and I'm sure I'm not the first to need to look in to it.
Part J regs and the BCO - do I need to re-seek approval for the stove/chimney given it's already in place? If Yes, do I notify in advance just as if I was having an extension done?
Part J regs - distance from combustibles. I'll have the cheeks/back of the fireplace wet plastered so there are no combustibles (plasterboard or studwork) anywhere near the stove, and I think any other combustibles should be 3x diameter of the flue away from it. No problem. Other than this piece of timber I was thinking of fitting as a substitute mantle.. The stove doesn't get regular use but that doesn't mean I want to be fitting timber where it's likely to char or ignite. Using timber here would give more options with regard to hiding signal cables. I've learned from a previous post that I cannot embed trucking horizontally into the chimney breast.
Here's a library image of what I'd like to achieve
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I already have a stove installed in the living room and it discharges through a stainless chimney liner, all the register plate is fitted and certified etc
The whole room is looking very tired, and so the fireplace/hearth/mantelpiece/stove is going to be re-done at the same time. I intend to replace the mantelpiece (currently a steel, stone and cement Heath Robinson affair) with something either timber, or concrete but timber effect. Also, I'll have the inset of the "fire place" illuminated with LED strips of spots then re-fit the stove back in the inset and to the register plate.
There's a number of issues I've identified and I'm sure I'm not the first to need to look in to it.
Part J regs and the BCO - do I need to re-seek approval for the stove/chimney given it's already in place? If Yes, do I notify in advance just as if I was having an extension done?
Part J regs - distance from combustibles. I'll have the cheeks/back of the fireplace wet plastered so there are no combustibles (plasterboard or studwork) anywhere near the stove, and I think any other combustibles should be 3x diameter of the flue away from it. No problem. Other than this piece of timber I was thinking of fitting as a substitute mantle.. The stove doesn't get regular use but that doesn't mean I want to be fitting timber where it's likely to char or ignite. Using timber here would give more options with regard to hiding signal cables. I've learned from a previous post that I cannot embed trucking horizontally into the chimney breast.
Here's a library image of what I'd like to achieve
Nozzle