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Thanks for the reply. The explosion is useful. I can get the bearing for £30 but if I'm going to do the back bearing, I should really do the front one as well - which makes things a lot more involved. Given that it's a 10 year old machine and will cost approx £60 + a whole load of labour to...

Hi, Traditional 1920's semi in Yorkshire. THe upstairs fireplaces have both been blocked up at some point. One of them has been converted into shelving, and the other just bricked up and a vent installed. Question I have is, what is the vent for? It's particularly ugly to look at and the wife...

Hi, I suspect the drum bearings on my WFD 2460 have gone. The machine has been getting progressively louder over the past weeks to the point where it sounds more like a cement mixer that washer at the moment. Can anyone tell me how big a job it is to replace the bearings on this model? I...

Thanks guys. Turs out the lockshield valve was closed... I was turning the screw that holds the cover on the lockshield thinking I was actually turning the valve itself..... :oops: Everyday's a schoolday :lol:

No worries :lol: Well both the TRVs are open for sure..... Not sure what to do with the other side...I've loosened them a bit but they seem to just loosen until the screw comes completely out.

As subject... I took 2 rads in the same room off to decorate. I've just hung them back up, repressurised the system (combi) and vented the rads. They're not getting hot. The flow pipe on both rads is getting luke warm but the rads themselves are cold. They warmed up very slightly, and patchy...

Just for the record, I've found your posts on this subject very helpful, so a big Thank You to you! :D

Before you jump in and do it all yourself, I'd read up on what liner you want. Most 316 grade liners are guaranteed for 10 years. The 904 grade liners tend to be 20 years. Also, don't just go for the cheapest liner you can find as they vary greatly. Some of the cheap 904 liners are not as heavy...

Doesn't sound very high.... Are you sure there's not a builders opening behind there that you can knock out to you to give you a more suitable fireplace?

Looks great. I intend to build one just like that when I get a minute. Did you use a plan or just do it rough? It's difficult to tell from the photos, but did you leave air gaps at the back/side/base?

Reading this with interest.. This weekend I will be laying a black limestone hearth that will be home to a wood burner. All my dimensions have been checked and double checked. However, today the company supplying the stove delivered it and passed comment that my limestone flags should be...

Hi, I am laying a limestone hearth this weekend. I have a few questions that I'm not quite clear on... 1.) Using black limestone 30mm flags. They are going down on a concrete base (structural hearth). I had planned on using sand and cement base but I'm wondering if normal floor tile...

Thanks! In English please :? I'm a complete novice....

Hi, I'm after some advice on laying a black limestone hearth which will be home to a wood burner. The hearth will be 1.4metres wide beyond the chimney recess and 1metre inside the chimney. The new hearth will sit on top of what's left of the concrete constructional hearth. Firstly, I...

Thanks for the reply... Well given that I'm having all the walls skimmed and the overboarding done plus the fireplace, it seems my quote is more than fair...

Hi, We have a 12ft x 12ft dining room we need skimming - walls and ceiling. There's a 6ft x 9ft bay at the end that needs the ceiling overboarboarding and skimming also. At the same time, we require our fireplace to be rendered internally (3.5ft x 3.5ft). Does £500 sound a fair price...

The surface is a mess so I would assume it was chipped out. It's certainly not uniform or even central to the structure... Damn shame as it's a nice bit of stone and would have looked lovely cleaned up. A couple more questions... The stove will protrude out 4 inches proud of the wall...

Hi, Well the lintel is 12in tall and there's roughly 5in been chipped off. It seems sound enough, but I'm obviously looking at it from an untrained eye.... With regard to the repair, is epoxy resin going to be suitable considering this will be directly above a very hot wood burner? Yeh...

Hi, I'm after a bit of advice.... I've just knocked out the fireplace in our 1920's house in readyness for a wood burner, and this is what I've found: It look as though, at some point, someone chiselled a lump of the lintel out - I'm guessing to insert/remove something or another and...