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Richard I'm affraid the picture I posted wasn't great, the material at the bottom (the hearth) is actually ceramic floor tile which was laid when we had the main hall tiled and sealed up the chimney a few years ago. Out of interest where did you get your pre mixed render from? I found this...

Richard I take your point about installing the liner and would not normally go near such a job, but we live in a cottage with low ceilings and consequently not a very high roof. The chimney is dead straight up from the fireplace opening and measures exactly 5.87m (laser measure) from the...

Thanks for that Richard. I was aware of the building regs and have a HETAS fitter coming round this evening to discuss the work. I just wanted to do some of the building work myself to try and save a bit of money. My idea was to sort out the fireplace opening and the hearth and maybe get the...

Hi all New to this forum so bare with me. After much deliberation we have opted to install a multifuel stove in our main hallway, which is right in the centre of the house. I have opened up the fireplace and intend to install a 6" flue liner. Hopefully this should be fairly straight forward...

Rough brickwork in fireplace opening..