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p.s. The pipe is at waist height and pointing upwards.

p.s. The pipe is about waist height and pointing upwards.

Hi The pipe is steel I think. I've pulled away plaster and it seems to go inside the chimney breast - could it be an overflow pipe? I know nothing at all about how gas fires work....... What does anyone think?

Thanks. The only thing that I can find that might be something to do with is the tube in the first picture - it's around the side of the chimney breast and was covered in plaster - is this it? The other picture is of an oval tube in the plaster which I assume is the electric cabling? Thanks...

Thanks again for all the input everyone. Ree, it was an electric fire that I took out. I think that the cable you are seeing is the electric cable for the fire. I hope....... I'm putting another electric fire back in - I assume that I'm ok to block off the chimney without a vent?

Thanks for all your input - I think I'll go for plasterboard. One last question.... can I just plasterboard over the opening, or do I need to brick it up?

Thanks - it took a lot of doing and even more time clearing the rubble! The existing plaster varies between 12 and 15mm thick, so thinking about it, it's gonna need a skim even if I use plasterboard.... does PB have to go onto a flat surface (which this isn't!)?

Hi all I’ve just pulled out an old 1970’s fireplace and have been left with a wall down to (very rough) brickwork. I could use some advice please. Would you:- Plasterboard where the fireplace was and skim with plaster? (Does it matter that the brickwork is rough?) Plaster straight onto the...

Thanks, that's a relief!

Hi all I had a pest control man around who put rat bait (blue pellets which he said are an anticoagulant) down rat holes in an overgrown area of my garden. I'm now clearing the overgrown area and digging it up to remodel the garden. My question is, are the poison pellets water soluble and so...

Hi, I'm in the process of hanging and wiring in a chandelier to a ceiling rose. I think that the wiring is 'loop' type. I've got three problems with it:- 1) The chandelier will be supported by a metal bar which doesn't fit because of the ceiling rose. I've drilled a couple of holes in it and...

This is how I am proposing to support the chandelier