Hi
I am going to install a multifuel stove into our living room fireplace. I have opened up the fireplace and had the chimney sweeped.
My concern is that I have to fit a 5" vitreous enamel flue pipe from the stove up through a gap of 9" behind a wooden load bearing beam. (It is holding up three rows of breeze blocks used to fill in the gap of the old fireplace). This means that the pipe will only be 3" at best away from the wooden beam. According to the instructions, it should be 14" away.
Is there a way I can insulate the beam against the heat?
Thanks
I am going to install a multifuel stove into our living room fireplace. I have opened up the fireplace and had the chimney sweeped.
My concern is that I have to fit a 5" vitreous enamel flue pipe from the stove up through a gap of 9" behind a wooden load bearing beam. (It is holding up three rows of breeze blocks used to fill in the gap of the old fireplace). This means that the pipe will only be 3" at best away from the wooden beam. According to the instructions, it should be 14" away.
Is there a way I can insulate the beam against the heat?
Thanks