Recent content by leao

Thanks Gus but sounds a rather complex, essentially what I want to know is if a 2" gap between the plasterboard and the flue is safe? Cheers, Leao

Hi Gus, do you mean I have to take the entire wall down and replace it with firewall plasterboard? If that's not what you mean, is it possible to remove and replace only the section near to the fireplace? Also do you have the exact URL for the "selkirk flues system" that you also referred to...

Hi everyone, I want to install a wood stove in my house in Spain. It would be a straightforward task except that I want the 2" diametre flue to pass through a 1" thick plasterboard wall before exiting the house, in order for the woodstove to also heat up the adjacent room at the same time. I am...

Hi everyone, I have a damp problem. I am restoring a ruin in the countryside of Extremedura. It is going well, except when the rain comes (about 3 months per year) the eastern wall becomes very damp. The reason for this is obvious, part of the wall is underground and the earth it beside is...