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Thanks for the reply. I had a fairly long and amicable discussion at the weekend and the shop offered to replace the hearth at cost which we accepted. They have also allowed us to make a couple of small changes to the material and design so we end up with a hearth that suits us better and...

Thanks for the reply, any other opinions gratefully received. I'll probably be heading down to the shop tomorrow, and I need to work out how reasonable it is to push them to replace the hearth. Burnerman - I'm guessing from your name that you know a fair bit about fires, is that correct?

Hi, I hope this is the right place for this. I recently bought a hearth and had it fitted. The hearth is for an electric fire so it's all in one piece and I believe fairly thin as hearths go. The hearth is in a standard rectangular fireplace. The hearth sticks out 3" and spreads out about 3"...

Thanks for the clarification, that makes a lot more sense now.

I was planning on using some plastic conduit that I have seen (not just plastering it into the wall, even I'm not that stupid ;)), guess I'll have to look for some metal stuff instead. Thanks for the help

Thanks for the reply, but I'm now confused, is the website I found wrong (or out of date) or am I just misunderstanding it? I'm quite happy that I won't put a nail into the cable as it's only about a foot above the floor and I know where it will be, but I am worried about selling the flat in...

I've just found this: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book/4.4.1.htm that seems to suggest that I don't need any extra protection. Any comments? Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I've just moved into a 1960 flat, floors and walls are all solid brick/concrete. I want to add some extra wall sockets. As I understand it normally you'd run the cable vertically down then under the floorboards and up at the new socket location. Now, having no floorboards, ideally I...