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Many thanks for replies, We have decided to studd wall around the fire with a false chimney breast (ours are external on a semi detatched) put the fire front back on in winter when in use and take it off and cover the entire unit through the summer when never used extinguishing the pilot and...

The fire and boiler is in a room we rarely used and are unlikely to use much until the house gets remodelled as we are saving instead of loans. yes we have co alarm and have the stick on tabs as well. No signs / signals of any co escape. I have also performed a smoke test myself and it vents...

Thanks for your advice, Yes there is mains voltage but this is well out the way of little hands and the fireguard prevents anyone getting too close, I was really asking on safety grounds regarding the ventilation etc which surely would not be compromised if the trim cover is off. I do not...

Hi, We have a very old baxi Bermuda back boiler and fire, and whilst not the most efficient boiler, does seem to run on and on. Our annual use is very low for both fire and boiler as we heat our water by Immersion using our solar pv array, therefore, we do not want to spend lots of money...

Hi, I thought the photos below may help supplement my description. As you can see from the photos the area of plaster I have removed upstairs is where I propose to install the lintel. The area of wall shaded in green is the section I would like to remove.

Load calculations have been done by myself and a friend. We both studied Civil Engineering at Uni so we dusted off our file notes to calculate the loading that will be imposed on the lintel. That is how we selected the lintel from the Catnic product selector.

8" solid wall construction on the external wall.

As suggested, the dimensions of the proposed opening is 3300mm, therefore, the selected lintel will be a Catnic 3600mm CN6XC for solid internal walls. Thanks for the sugestion of using an alternative padstone solution by the way. Andrew

First post on here so thanks in advance for any responses. I am planning on knocking the lounge through to the dining room in our 1930s semi detached. The wall to be removed is a single 100mm brick thick and runs all the way up to the first floor ceiling / loft floor. This wall does not...