I plan on installing a log burner into the existing fireplace. Someone has already mounted a steel plate with hole for 5inch flue. Are there various regulations i will have to follow like with installing a gas fire or can i just go ahead myself?
At some point within the last 12 months or so some one began rendering the front of the property i've just purchased. They got as far as putting on a scratch coat, which still looks in a reasonable condition. Am i best off going over the top of this with a fresh 1st coat or will it be good...