Recent content by WoodyAlan

Richard, thanks for the information once again. I've got some lime in store so I'll get the hole filled as you suggest. Beyond that, I might render/board the recess and tile up the base but let a HETAS engineer deal with the rest, depending on my ambition when I come to it. Whatever the case...

Nice to see the amount of respect on the board. But, cuddle time's over, fellas ;) @ hotrod Cheers for the extra suggestion. Gyplyner? sounds like its Gypsum based? but I'll check it out for sure. I guess my main question, what should i do to fill the dirty gaping hole at the bottom of the...

Excellent stuff, thanks Richard, plenty of extra homework there. Regards the damp, it's dry and the opposite side of the wall is internal - no damp currently - but, it's an old house and there is damp elsewhere so I was wondering if there were any precautions I should take? I recognise...

Evening all, I am in the process of reinstating an old fireplace in order to take a woodburner. The recess of the old fireplace is already concrete lined and exists in an old stone wall, as per cross section diagram. Unfortunately, during the excavations to get to the fireplace, we had to...