Recent content by ronhar

Thanks for the replies so far gents. If I'm reading correctly there seems to be a bit of conflicting opinion. Just to clarify things a little more I've posted a picture of my fireplace prior to any of this work commencing (see my profile for picture). To fit the new (balanced flue) fire...

Fire has a balanced flue - round pipe through outer wall. Hole was chiselled rather than core drilled - this is given as an option in the installation guide. The fault on the fire (thermocouple faulty) has no bearing on my query. It's because of this fault that I've contacted the supplier...

Last year we had a new sandstone fire surround and gas fire installed. At the time of purchase I showed the sales person a photograph of our empty fire opening showing only the start of the existing pre-cast flue (called the chair brick?). This flue is located in a gable end cavity wall. We...

First post from a newbie to this forum. Whilst attempting to replace the High Setting Thermostat on Ideal Elan 2 boiler, the copper plate that the High, Low & Overheat thermostats are fastened became detached from where it was attached to the last point on the manifold pipework. This copper...