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Bump..... can anyone offer any advice please? I'm really stuck at the moment, because i had my first fires in the stove over the weekend and the wall got way hotter than the gypsum limit at 49oC. thanks in advance.

Just as an update. I got the fire up and running over the weekend, had a small fire first then a big one with airvents open running at max power and measured the heat of the wall with a thermometer. As suspected it was alot higher than the crucial 49degC. Do you think taking the plaster...

Not sure this is the right board, but here goes. Does anyone know how to fit/fix cement board to internal masonry to fit in and around existing 12.5mm plaster board? The reason i ask is that i want to replace the gypsum board around my solid fuel stove in my lounge. (have just had the...

thanks for all your advice richard, I'm going to try and get hold of a cast iron surrond (salavage yard ideally), hack off the plaster and board to accomodate it, bolt it to wall and get the plasterer to make good around it. Hopefully i can enjoy my fire in the comfort of knowing the wall...

Hi guys thanks for you comments. Do you think installing some kind of fire suround would sort the problem, it would stop the heat from effecting the wall above and to the side right? Obviously it has been plastered in the way shown on the phot for a minimalist effect, but im sure i...

Oh yeah and i'll post back on here how i got on, probably wont be using the stove til autumn anyway as there is still so mich to do before the room is ready.

I sort of did it myself with regard to the plaster board, i assumed it would be fine due to the fact half inch board gives 1/2 hour fire protection. With regard to the hetas/building regs...........urm, i'm not going to bother, we intend staying in the house for a considerable time hence why...

i have attahced a photo of said fire place with the log burner in the aprox position it will be installed within the opening. As stated the finish is plasterboard dot and dabbed with sstandard skim. does this confirm your suspecions?

thanks for your reply richard. Yes litterally had it skimed on saturday morning the chimney breast has been d&d'ed with 12.5mm wall board and skimmed. Its too late now so will just play it by ear and see what happens when we light the stove. Our plasterer is pretty experineced and he...

I did that in my bathroom, dot and dabbed the brick with 12.5mm board, 1 coat of cheap emmulsion to stop excessive sucktion to the boards and tiled full height with wall tiles, not had any problems in 6 months!

Hi all, First time poster long time reader on the forum! I have formed a concrete hearth in my lounge for a fire place and have bought some natural oyster slate floor tiles to tile the hearth with. I hav also bought a small 5kw multi stove and had a flue liner installed. My question is...