Three bricks to put in

[imamartian]

we recently had the gas fire taken out, and the flue with it... i now have to put in three (or four) bricks to fill in the hole, but i don't want to buy a bag of cement and a bag of sand and end up binning most of it. Could i buy a bag od postcrete, mix it in a bucket and use that to cement in my bricks?

 

[Alarm]

Nah, buy a small bag of ready mixed about 5 or 10 kg is the sold weight.
Or a small bag of Prompt, but work bloody fast

No air brick?

 

[imamartian]

Nah, buy a small bag of ready mixed about 5 or 10 kg is the sold weight.
Or a small bag of Prompt, but work bloody fast

No air brick?

Thanks Alarm. Not heard of Prompt before... will google that.

And no, no airbrick as fire has gone, gas capped and wall boarded and plastered.. (it's a timber framed house)...

 

[leew2]

Most DIY shops sell small bags of sand and cement ready mixed in the correct amount for small jobs like this, just add water.

 

[imamartian]

Most DIY shops sell small bags of sand and cement ready mixed in the correct amount for small jobs like this, just add water.

Yep, a bit obvious really ... i mostly do woodwork... lol.

Will be down to Wickes tomorrow... thanks again !!

 

[Alarm]

Sure I said small bags from 5 to 10 kilo.

As well as Prompt

 

[gasbanni]

Cap the terminal or install a trickle vent or you will get damp from condensaton within the redundant flue. may not be noticable but it will occur

 

[Alarm]

Cap the terminal or install a trickle vent or you will get damp from condensation within the redundant flue. may not be noticeable but it will occur

Thought it needed some venting.

 

[imamartian]

Cap the terminal or install a trickle vent or you will get damp from condensaton within the redundant flue. may not be noticable but it will occur

There is no flue, it's all gone. Internal wall patched up, just need to put in the bricks to finish off.