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    Wood Burning Stove with short flue???

    Hi everyone. I really apppreciate any advice. I have a wood burning stove with a flue that terminates just above a sealed fireboard. I've had a WBS company check it out and they said this is unusual, and it needs a whole new flue liner etc to meet modern regs and to brun properly. They say as...
  2. J

    Opening up chimney breast for log burner - low gather

    Hello, Trying to open up the chimney for a log burner but hit a problem. I’ve got this far and already hit the bottom of the gather only 80cm off the floor, this is where an old lintel currently sits. Can I keep opening up upwards removing the gather at the side? My corner is nothing would...
  3. JRDS

    Feeding Rads from log burner

    Hi, I’d like some advice, I’ve had the idea of installing a log burner in my front room, but I’d like to go a step further and have it heat the rads eveywhere else in the house, I have a Worcester combi boiler fitted, and I was wondering if I could just t into the heating system down to the log...
  4. D

    Log Burner - Oak Beam Placement

    Hi Looking to install a log burner. After opening up a fireplace we'd ideally like the oak beam to site close to the opening but all I can read is that there is a minimum of 3 x flue size. Is there a way to reduce this and how would it work?
  5. V

    Chimney breast lintel

    I want to install a log burner in this opening. It has a brick arch lintel that sits fairly low (84cm if you include the bricks at the base). I want to install a lintel and box it off but I'm struggling to work out how I can do this in the least invasive way possible. I think at the very least...
  6. B

    Log burner, Stud wall help!

    I want to install a log burner in my living room. There is an old fire place opening but it's behind a plaster board wall which is also battened with wood. I am confident where to find the opening but I don't think the wood and plaster board around the opening will be acceptable to any hetas...
  7. L

    Making Chimney Breast Deeper & Changing Gas Fire to Gas Stove

    Hello, I'm moving into my house next week and one of the first things I want to do is remove the existing gas fire and surround (see image below) and put in a gas or electric stove (a proper wood burner wouldn't work with the existing flue from what I've been told). As you can see, the chimney...
  8. H

    Wood burner with upstairs chimney breast removed?

    Property: Victorian Room Kitchen / Diner Is it possible to install log burner inside a fireplace (which was sealed up in the 1970s or 80s). The chimney breast in the kitchen diner. There are wall cabinet on the chimney cabinet as well as a breakfast bar. Is is possible to keep the existing...
  9. phykell

    Log Burner - Hearth Really Required?

    Hi, I'm having a double-sided log burner installed in my kitchen diner and I've been told I need a hearth. The appliance will sit in the centre of the room at least 2+ metres away from any furnishing, etc. However, the flooring will be 22mm limestone tiling throughout so I don't see why I need...
  10. I

    Prep for tiling hearth - log burner

    Morning, I'm building a hearth for a log burner. Plan is to use bricks to build it up from the concrete subfloor. I need to level before tiling. Can I shutter it and pour a thin (say 5mm) layer of self levelling screed to give me a flat surface to tile from? My concern is heating might cause...
  11. K

    New log burner twin wall flue drip and wind

    Hi everyone, We’ve had an absolute disaster of a HETAS registered log burner installation. Finally 3 months after installation we can finally use it and it’s wonderful. We have twin wall flue, going up internally through the bedroom and into the very small loft space (2.5 ft max). We’ve had a...
  12. S

    Heat resistant paintable filler needed

    Hi I'm doing up the living room and I've had it plastered including inside the fireplace which has a log burner in it. The plasterer has put fibreboard inside the fireplace and not skimmed it because he said the heat would crack the plaster. Planning to paint this board with heat proof paint...
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