Recent content by hippytyre

Almost done with my install now, I've got the stove in place just to see if everything is going to fit correctly. Tomorrow the fireplace is getting scratch coated before its final smooth finish in cement as plaster would crack due to the heat. I still need to find a way to bend the...

Thanks for the tips. I'm picking up my angle iron tomorrow 30mm x 30mm x3mm and I'll get some flat bar too as this will do for the mounting tabs and the ring. Did you do mitre cuts or cope the angles? All I have is a grinder here so hopefully I can be accurate enough. I've bought one of those...

I hadn't thought about fitting a collar but maybe that would make the rope easier to fit. I was just going to build the frame and use 3mm steel with a hole in it just a little bigger than the flue pipe. How did you get the collar to the right size, just tack it and bend it or pre made? Here's...

That looks great, I'll be making my register plate the same way as soon as i get the angle iron and the steel plate. How hard was it to get the rope seal between the register plate and the stove pipe? I've been advised to have the adaptor sticking through my plate but I think I'll have it so...