Recent content by BlueBeardUk

Hi - They are roughly 300mm back from the stove but the stove also has a heat deflector (came with the stove) to its rear ... the logs have been there for a year and haven't shown any sign of combusting :)

Thank you and sorry it has been a while … where to start? … Well since the last pic we’ve done quite a lot … having realised what was under the hearth and how thin the floor slab had been we have completely renewed and insulated the slab and in doing so made another little discovery …...

Thank you – The hardest part was not knowing what remained above ... but yes it has been great to get everything back to basics. Wood has been stored and we have purchased a Morso Squirrel which should be the ideal size and doesn’t require any extra air vents. So here’s an update...

Update... So we finally cleared all the inside Took out the old lintel ends Constructed a lifting frame Positioned new lintel And this is where we are ... ... next up – slate hearth and wood burner

Cheers for the help ... topic has now been moved to "Your Projects" http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=258775

Hi - We have a little cottage in Cornwall and we decided to chip back the horrid 1970s fire to see what was originally behind ... we were hoping to find a large granite inglenook and lintel and hoped a small wall was all that stood between us and a nice wood burner ... how wrong we were ...

Eureka! Finally found the sooty back wall !!! – the pic’s don’t do it justice ... the internal dimensions are roughly 1.1m deep (behind the lintel to the wall) x 1.2 m wide (inside -between the sides) The inglenooks tapering top is now clearly visible and the structure is sound ...

Just an update ... Have taken back the very top breeze block ensemble and can now clearly see how the inglenook is constructed and how the inside was filled – all very stable ... Happy to crack on now ... will hopefully get the rest of the infill out this week Should probably try and...

Thank you for taking the time to reply – I can appreciate there is a certain level of ambiguity when only having photos as a reference ... We have re-pointed the granite sides and the granite you can see to the left and right go back towards the wall (each around 600mm depth) – The internal...

Cheers Richard I am now considering that it may be worth taking out the remaining breeze block at its highest point so that it is only the flue lining left as it should have set and keyed into the inside of the inglenook chimneybreast ... I’m just worried about the remaining weight and...

Cheers Richard - Added a bit to the new topic but should have credited you for pointing it out - Thanks again

We have a little cottage in Cornwall and we started chipping back the horrid 1970s fire to see what was behind ... here's a pic I should say that before we started any work we had an initial assessment of the flue by a local stove and flue specialist, who assured us that the type of flue...

Sorry Post moved: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=256837 – at risk of hijacking post

Sorry Post moved: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=256837 – at risk of hijacking post