Recent content by NickH1234

What about tiling the wall behind the stove, or a big piece of stone/slate mounted on top of the plaster?

The larger pipe is a double walled insulated pipe so it doesn't get too hit. The insulated portion of the flue goes through the ceiling, straight through the bedroom above, and then into the attic, where it then exits through the chimney stack. The stack was completely removed from the bedroom...

Here is a photo of the setup, and a close up of the cracking

We have an old fireplace which has been plasterboarded and plastered over. In front of this we have a wood burning stove, with a pipe which goes up to the original chimney in the roof. (outside the wall up until the chimney in the attic). The plaster behind the stove is cracking. From tapping...

I assume the boards were primed correctly, but it was the first time the plasterer had used the material. When you say sand/cement render, do you mean instead of plaster? Can u paint over it? Do you think it would be worth tiling (or stone} straight onto the plaster to reduce the heat...

About 2 years ago we had a 5kw wood burning stove installed in our living room. We had no chimney breast so it was installed in front of a plaster wall, with a length of uninsulated pipe, followed by twin wall pipe which runs through the ceiling. Behind the stove is Victas heat resistant...