Recent content by Morecambe

But the beauty of using beads is that they protect the corners against the inevitable knocks. I've seen a fire opening where the owner has wanted slightly rounded corners, thus no beads, and damage was evident. Personally I think that I will be OK but would have liked some peace of mind before...

To give some appreciation of likely heat conditions, the fire opening is 780mm wide and 900mm high. This allows 182mm clearance on either side of stove, and 350mm above. Rear clearance is about 130mm. The gas stove itself is only 3.4kw max output. The front of the stove will be more or less...

Hi Decided to use a stove supplier who offered complete job, ie could supply and fit. I had already removed the existing fireplace. Supplier ‘s fitters removed brickwork to full width of builders opening, they also fitted new lintel, raising it by one course of bricks. The problems started...