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Thanks guys for the good steers. Gonna find a RGI to whip the fire out. Afore I go, can I take the opportunity to ask one more dozy question. Can I assume that the flue is the only hot area and that the back of the fire - the firebox? - doesn't get hot?

Thanks, I have them, but they don’t help. I downloaded some instructions from another manufacturer which help ish.. says the cavity must not be bridged, then advises putting 100mm rock wool in it above and to sides, with a drip tray above. That would be an improvement on mine. Doesn’t say...

My balanced flue fire is draughty from below and the hearth is freezing cold. I noticed open cavity with some loose pack fibreglass insulation above and to the sides of the fire, but nothing below, when the fitters had it out. Is cavity closing likely to be the problem area? How should the...