Recent content by gpick

Burger, too late now, don`t fancy doing it all again. Here`s how i`m hoping it will look, our opening isn`t as deep though but this is the stove we are looking to get and the width looks about the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy9qpnMBWeo

It`s 30inch wide now, would have liked to have made it wider, but was worried the concrete lintel wouldn`t have enough support. If i`d gone another brick wider each side the lintel would have only been resting on 4inch of brick. Would that have been enough?

Bit of an update, been a messy couple of weeks but widening the opening went OK. Still got the pipes to remove, that`s my job for tomorrow along with finishing off the bricking. Not sure whether to render or plaster, the finish will be slimbricks so will need to look into whats best for them...

That`s a shame, I`m maxed out on RAM but will need more storage soon, I was looking forward to trying one of those.

The opening will be 30 inch wide once it`s finished, we`ve seen the stove we want in fireplace warehouse - http://www.thefireplacewarehouse.co.uk/stoves/defra-approved-stoves/sunvision-5-defra-wood-burning-multi-fuel-stove.html - and the guy in there said it needs 29inch wide opening. We`ve...

Here`s a pic showing how I want the opening to be when finished (maybe a bit higher but the width is the important bit for the stove clearance), the bricks I`ve removed are for access only and will be put back.

Sorry for not being clear, I don`t know the correct terminology, I want to widen the opening and make a bit higher, concentrating at the moment on the left hand side. I think I need to remove where I`ve highlighted on this pic and rebuild it where it would give the width I need. No...

Perhaps a hybrid would be a good compromise from £44 on ebuyer for Seagate 500GB with 8GB SSD. http://www.ebuyer.com/480300-seagate-500gb-solid-state-hybrid-drive-sshd-st500lm000

Here`s where I`m up to now, knocked some more bricks out to get a clearer view inside. I guess next job is knock down the side section and rebuild it a bricks width further back, does it need rebuilding all the way up to the padstone like it is now?