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From my experience with my previous stove I know that my wooden fire surround did not catch fire but............. I am trying to get an answer about complying with building regulations. What I want to know is: if I put in a vertical metal fin between my stove and my wooden fire surround will...

Thanks both of you. I must say I hadn't realised how expensive wood stoves are to run. Thanks for that. I am getting a HETAS installer to do the work but he said if I did some of it then the price would be lower. Especially the preparation at the opening for the stove. However, I have...

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Can any of you please help me with some advice. I am a pensioner with little money and need a cheap solution if possible. I have a Victorian house with a smallish 18" wide fireplace. It has a tiled and wood fireplacensurround. I have bought a small stove which says 450mm to combustible...

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Sorry forgot to include the link: http://www.monier.co.uk/products/product-catalogue/product-range/product/duoplain.html

Thanks all. There are some parts of my roof which are not visible from the road and I am wondering about these 'double tiles' for speed and other properties. Anyone used them out of interest? Any comments on them? I know nothing at all about them but was CONSIDERING getting a roofer to do part...

Out of interest how would a roofer replace them without damage?

Yes you are right about some of them delaminating. But I have replaced some in the past and I didn't notice any problems with the adjacent tiles. I had a good look this morning and it seems like I need to replace about 200 tiles. Is it likely that I will break the adjacent tiles? If I get...

I have a Victorian house with a big roof which is in not brilliant condition. Some of the tiles have deteriorated on the edges and a few are broken. Because there is not any underfelt I can access the roof from inside the loft space. I intend to inspect the roof with binoculars from accross the...

Thanks for your reply I am insulating at rafter level because I use the loft space for storage and its really dirty with dust. So, if I do it at rafter level I can use the space better, I hope?? Also I do not like the fibre glass stuff it gets in my throat and itches me on my hands. Out of...

Can you please give me some advice. I have a large Victorian semi. The roof is rosemary tiles. Not been replaced in 115 years. No underfelt. I cannot afford a re-roof (I am a pensioner). I am proposing to: Buy some 'airtec' insulation - silver foil bubble wrap type stuff that looks as if it...

sorry my mistake its a 30a 3 way. i stand corrected i think i may take up the suggestion to merely get the electrician to put the lighting circuit also on the rcd. then the light and fan will be protected and i dont have to do any work only problem is that if the light in the bathroom...

the cu and the shower cable and the juncion box and two of the spurs via dp swithces were all installed by qualified electrian. i merely added the mirror light and now i am adding the ceiling light and fan

ok. sorry i guess you think i am fussing too much. but a friend was electrocuted and died as a result last year. so i am ultra sensitive to these matters. so whilst i understand what you are saying i want to be ultra safe. i have children and i worry about electrocution. well i do now since the...

its one of these units in the basement http://www.screwfix.com/prods/60251/Electrical-Supplies/Consumer-Units/Wylex-Consumer-Units/WYLEX-12-Way-Fully-Insulated-Split-Load-Consumer-Unit it was installed by fully qualified electrician. and so was the shower cable that i am not using for a...

i am getting electrician in. he is checking all my work and issuing part p. i just thought it better to have lights also protected on rcd. the mains rcd is in the floor outside the bathroom (by which i mean a mains supply that is rcd protected - to be precise its a not in use thick cable for an...

i am removing pullswitch on lighting ringmain then from a junction box i am taking mains (rcd protected) to a 3a swithed fuse (see link below) on the wall in the hall outside the bathroom. from there to the light and fan in parallel in the bathroom. i shall use this as the lightswitch in...