Please help - we removed a Parkray from our chimney breast and rebuilt the sides of the fireplace. We are now going to cover the inside (sides, back and floor) of the fireplace with fireproof bricks and fire cement. We then plan to put in a log basket; there already is a hearth in front of the fire and will not change it. The questions we desperately struggle with are:
1) do we need to put something above the basket (at the bottom of the flue) - like a hood or something? (sorry, I am a disaster at specialist terms)?
2) What can we do to stop the lounge becoming very draughty? As it stands now, the wind blows down the chimney and there's lots of draught.
3) Are there any regulations about the distance between the basket and the top of the fireplace opening (we have a pretty standard semi) - so that smoke does not escape into the house?
Hope this all makes sense, it's all a bit of a mystery to me but no specialist in the area wanted to take the work on.
1) do we need to put something above the basket (at the bottom of the flue) - like a hood or something? (sorry, I am a disaster at specialist terms)?
2) What can we do to stop the lounge becoming very draughty? As it stands now, the wind blows down the chimney and there's lots of draught.
3) Are there any regulations about the distance between the basket and the top of the fireplace opening (we have a pretty standard semi) - so that smoke does not escape into the house?
Hope this all makes sense, it's all a bit of a mystery to me but no specialist in the area wanted to take the work on.