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this is similar to what i might do, could you tile straight onto the lime or does it have to be painted with a special paint? also i see that you only put it on quite thin, is there anything you can put in the fire place opening first to box the wall off slightly, i want to close the sides of...

i would like to box my recess off at each side of my wood burning stove and then tile so that the recess sides are flush with the cash iron fire surround i am using, i would like to box the wall off 2" aprox and i take it thats to much to render. i am after a solution, do i have to use a fire...

its for my own home and i am a heating engineer, if need be i will get an engineer to check and sign off the work. the main problem is finding out the correct materials for the fire place inset as i am wanting to tile and box the sides off slightly to make it look parallel with the stove

i dont mind using a boiler backer board (calcium silicate) for example but i need to bring it off the wall a couple of inches, what would i use behind this? is wooden slats not exceptable? because it is going to be tiled fully would i be able to use normal plaster or tile straight onto the back...

also, the outlet on my stove is 125mm 5inch, i am going to drop a 5 inch liner down, its aprox 8m straight. does this sound ok

i am going to install an aga multi burning stove in my home, i have taken my old fireplace out and exposed the opening as much as i can and replaced the existing fire surround that is made out of cast iron, the flue is a clay liner which measures 11 inches external diameter and 8.5 inches...