Comments on: Fireplace Question – Any Builders Please??

By: M

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:16:41 +0000

You need a fireproof material to encapsule a gas fire place. Brick or stone.

By: boy boy

boy boy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:13:08 +0000

i don’t think a builder will think you are mad ..i think the whole world-will think you are ..where do you live ?certainly not in the UK ….and remember ..ANY GAS APPLIANCE should be installed by a corgi gas fitter .. if you dont and something goes wrong you will have no insurance

By: baby boo

baby boo — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:39:27 +0000

you could ask a builder but to be quite honest if you have a false plasterboard chimney breast there i would would not want a real fire in its place. they do look nice but so do the modern plasma ones that you can get now. if you really want a real fire you would have to get rid of the plasterboard and a lot of work done. there are so many nice ones that look like the real thing that you could choose from without the hassle of ripping half your lounge down

By: JosephC

JosephC — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:52:42 +0000

By: nosdda

nosdda — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:15:32 +0000

You must also install an air brick for the stove as they burn a mixture of gas and air not just gas. This is mandatory gas regulations. The brick is installe in an OUTSIDE wall.

By: stitched up

stitched up — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:53:24 +0000

There are clearances from the stove to plaster (your plasterboard should be plastered), these are given in the manufacturers instruction, (clearance from non combustibles), the room the appliance will be housed in has to be a certain minimum size, again, this will be in the manufacturers instructions, you also have to have ventilation, which is normally 100cm2 direct to outside, and an openable window or door. You need a corgi engineer, not a builder!