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[/url] Hi wayne Thanks for the info. Great job you did there, very profesional. Can i ask you, when you widened the builders opening, did you put 2 small lintels up going to the back wall or did you just put the one front lintel in? Thanks again :wink: Mike

Hi Daniel Many thanks for the info. Feel confident it can be done easily now. Im going to do away with the arch and replace it with a 900mm concrete lintel. In doing this i can then take out a width of bricks (4.5inch) either side of the breast as you say. But one last question as i am...

Anyone else have any thoughts on this? I'm now thinking I definitely need to replace the arch with a lintel in order to widen the hole. Thinking of putting the lintel in where the arch is. Will I have to put strongboys in at the course of bricks above the arch to support the load?? Many thanks

Also be aware of the hetas requirements in fitting a stove. Daniel The burner is being fitted by a hetas installer daniel, i wouldnt dare install it myself! :lol:

Guys Thanks for coming back so quick! I wanted to keep the arch as a feature for when it gets rendered. If i put a lintel underneath it, i guess i would lose that option to have an arch! So i can see your point in saying replace the arch with a lintel. One of my plaster chaps made a...

Hi guys, first post here but this site has helped me so much in the past! Thanks for all the tips but now i have come to a bit of head scratcher on recent project. Hope someone can help. Im wanting to have a multifuel log burner installed, so went about removing the old gas fire...