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Thanks hotrod. The builders opening is according to manufacturer manual, it allows about 5mm all round but then design of it is to have an inner and outer box so I guess this must be an alternative system to the gap all round. I was very interested in doing with Superlux though reading...

Thanks that is incredibly helpful! Just to clarify is that a deep cut stop bead I should use or r they different things? Do you think this will provide a better result than with battens? Just my only experience of using corner beads I found it really difficult to get to stick and get level...

I'm thinking that maybe I don't need any beeds at all? Just the strips of wood at the sides to work to. I guess I can just brake off any excess plaster around opening as it won't show anyway?

http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=286084 Pics I posted in thread b4 this when I was figuring out how to get around stove problem

No just the front. It is a built in wood burner that sits inside an opening of 755x435 by 355 deep (currently the depth I have is 330, 25mm to shallow) so I'm not even doing the sides of the opening and the edge of the plaster around the opening will be covered by the flange of the wood...

Thanks roughcaster. I think I'll get the sds chisel on it. Just one other question how would u recommend finishing the edges...both corners of the chimney breast and the edges round the stove? I was thinking of screwing 2 pieces of wood on both sides of the chimney breast so they stick...

Dear all I would really appreciate some advice on plastering my chimney breast. I am fitting a built in cassette wood burning stove but my chimney is too shallow so I need to pack out 25mm on the front of the chimney breast. I am intending to use a sand cement and lime mix of the ratio...

Infact change of plan I'm going to attempt rendering it myself. Going to screw strips of mdf to both sides of the breast so they petrude 22mm then render up to these. That way it I can't get it wrong as I can rest a level on the two strips of wood and run it up the chimney breast to scrape of...

Thanks again there is a lot of info there! I think I have to bight the bullet and put a 25mm 'something' on the front of the chimney breast to get the required depth Annoyingly, from reading the other posts, I have discovered that even gypsum fireboard is not sufficient as it is just...

Thanks RedHerring2. Sorry I forgot to say that this stove is an inset stove, so it has a flange around the edge that is designed to be fixed to the edge of the opening. Ive included a picture so will hopefully make sense. The builders opening that is required (according to manual) is...

The opening that I have created so far. Obviously need to build up the bottom (going to incorporate a log store also)

steel frame just placed in position

flange around edge to screw to opening

Wood burning stove

Dear all I'm fitting a new cassette wood burning stove in a chimney breast in my lounge. I am just making the opening in the chimney breast but the chimney is not deep enough, I need another 25mm. I have a cavity wall which the chimney breast is built into. The back of the chimney breast is...

Redherring2 I just to clarify what u meant by an 'air gap'...presumably to dig say a 3" wide by 8" deep trench around the house to take me below the internal dpc?

Thanks static, what product would you recommend using to tank the outside wall? I will look into redirecting the water though I was hoping not to have to start breaking up the tarmac if at all possible. I need to have a really good look at things next time it's chucking it down to see exactly...

Thanks for your help:) Firstly in answer to the questions No the joists dont go into the wall, they stop short of the internal wall No the external ground level doesnt fall away from the house, infact the opposite, it rises away from the house. The sub floor is vented with about 4 air...

Thanks for your response, I must have got a bit carried away. In answer to your questions I believe that I do not have an external DPC as nothing is visible (unless they used a layer of the dense damp proof bricks that I have read about) Yes, the internal DPC is level with the internal...