Hi
I've currently got an early 1930's house with a brick built chimney breast that hasn't been altered in any way. I currently have a standard gas fire with surround & hearth, which I'm going to have disconnected & capped off by a CORGI fitter.
I'm going for a modern electric one thats inset in to the wall with a surround on the outside. This would be mounted slightly higher up than the current cut out, so is it just a case of chopping the bricks out to the required size and fitting a lintel in place or is there a bit more to it than that? I'm just not sure what I'm going to come across, on the face of it it looks relatively easy but I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to come across any surprises or have to notify building regs?
Thanks
I've currently got an early 1930's house with a brick built chimney breast that hasn't been altered in any way. I currently have a standard gas fire with surround & hearth, which I'm going to have disconnected & capped off by a CORGI fitter.
I'm going for a modern electric one thats inset in to the wall with a surround on the outside. This would be mounted slightly higher up than the current cut out, so is it just a case of chopping the bricks out to the required size and fitting a lintel in place or is there a bit more to it than that? I'm just not sure what I'm going to come across, on the face of it it looks relatively easy but I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to come across any surprises or have to notify building regs?
Thanks