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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.You'd need to talk to the manufacturer about a bend coming straight from the top. You can also get stoves with rear exit flues.
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.It does look more modern including the stack. I'd guess that they put in a 9 inch party wall with a chimney each side and put stone on...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.The flue has to be vertical for 600mm before a bend. The stove pipe can actually be shorter than 600mm provided it's a straight flue...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.The chimney jambs should in theory be built with the party wall, but in practice, especially with subbies, it's quicker to run the party...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.You will need to break into the chimney breast from the front, as you won't have enough room to connect the stove pipe to the liner and...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.Looking at the method they used to build the chimney, it's actually quite clever, because by putting the flue inside the party wall...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.I thought you already knew that, as we discussed it on Monday when you put that photo on. The back wall was probably built first as the...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.The stove pipe needs to go at 600mm straight up vertically, so getting the lintel higher should help. One tip about flue liners that you...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.If you get the liner down will the HETAS fitter connect up the flue and stovepipe to the wood burner and test it, or are you going to...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.The slate would give the first liner something to sit on, but once the space between it and the brick flue has been filled with mortar...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.I'd knock a few bricks out above the lintel and see what you have inside. You might be able to get a steel plate with a hole cut out for...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.You need to think outside the box a bit. It's not a standard construction that I know of. Even going into the party wall like that would...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.Going by the dimensions, the back wall is supporting the chimney breasts above more than the ground floor jambs. There will be a way to...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.I can see that the jambs aren't tied into the back wall, they just butt up against it. I'm not familiar with this method of chimney...
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Sstuart45 replied to the thread Opening up a Chimney Breast.Are you sure those dimensions are correct? They are showing the same width on all floors 1250mm, the ceiling heights look too low for a...