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From my experience with my previous stove I know that my wooden fire surround did not catch fire but............. I am trying to get an answer about complying with building regulations. What I want to know is: if I put in a vertical metal fin between my stove and my wooden fire surround will...

Thanks both of you. I must say I hadn't realised how expensive wood stoves are to run. Thanks for that. I am getting a HETAS installer to do the work but he said if I did some of it then the price would be lower. Especially the preparation at the opening for the stove. However, I have...

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Can any of you please help me with some advice. I am a pensioner with little money and need a cheap solution if possible. I have a Victorian house with a smallish 18" wide fireplace. It has a tiled and wood fireplacensurround. I have bought a small stove which says 450mm to combustible...

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Thanks all. There are some parts of my roof which are not visible from the road and I am wondering about these 'double tiles' for speed and other properties. Anyone used them out of interest? Any comments on them? I know nothing at all about them but was CONSIDERING getting a roofer to do part...

Out of interest how would a roofer replace them without damage?

Yes you are right about some of them delaminating. But I have replaced some in the past and I didn't notice any problems with the adjacent tiles. I had a good look this morning and it seems like I need to replace about 200 tiles. Is it likely that I will break the adjacent tiles? If I get...

I have a Victorian house with a big roof which is in not brilliant condition. Some of the tiles have deteriorated on the edges and a few are broken. Because there is not any underfelt I can access the roof from inside the loft space. I intend to inspect the roof with binoculars from accross the...

Thanks for your reply I am insulating at rafter level because I use the loft space for storage and its really dirty with dust. So, if I do it at rafter level I can use the space better, I hope?? Also I do not like the fibre glass stuff it gets in my throat and itches me on my hands. Out of...

Can you please give me some advice. I have a large Victorian semi. The roof is rosemary tiles. Not been replaced in 115 years. No underfelt. I cannot afford a re-roof (I am a pensioner). I am proposing to: Buy some 'airtec' insulation - silver foil bubble wrap type stuff that looks as if it...

sorry my mistake its a 30a 3 way. i stand corrected i think i may take up the suggestion to merely get the electrician to put the lighting circuit also on the rcd. then the light and fan will be protected and i dont have to do any work only problem is that if the light in the bathroom...