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Removing a 1950s fireplace & clay fireback.

Years ago you had to lay the fireback on a bed of sand and carefully work your way along the scoreline with a sharp bolster. Nowadays a diamond blade goes through it easily.
 
opps said:
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I wasn't intentionally trolling. I genuinely couldn't understand how a three sided cast iron plate could be in two parts. To be honest, I couldn't see how the back plate could safely be anything other than one piece given the temperatures involved.
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All good in the end.
 

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