On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:46:37 +0100, Mike P wrote:

On 05 Oct 2007 20:18:26 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

.. In article ,
.. Mike P mike@askme writes:
.. Secondly .... I was going to brick it up and plaster over, but we
.. thought we could make a bit if a feature of it. One offering has been
.. to build in a wine rack :-)
.. Any thoughts ?
..
.. I opened out and plastered a fireplace. A few tips I could offer...
..
.. If it's on an outside wall, the wall at the rear of the fireplace
.. might be thinner and less well insulated than the walls of the
.. room. A 1" thick sheet of cellotex or kingspan at the rear will
.. prevent it being a cold spot which would otherwise likely result
.. in condensation induced damp.
..
.. The flue must remain ventilated top and bottom. Again, if it's
.. an outside wall, vent to the outside rather than the room, to
.. prevent the draw losing heat from the room. You could do this
.. by taking a brick out through to the flue from the outside just
.. above the top of the fireplace and blocking off from the room.
.. (Not sure what effect the flue liner might have here.)

~It is on an inside wall.
Glad you confirmed about ventilating. A builder said it did not need
it.

The liner will/should have gone to a register plate with a terminal on
top. This is weather proof so no rain should be coming down the chimney.
This means that you can probably get away with sealing the chimney.
However I'd leave a little vent hole just in case.



If I leave the lining in and cut off excess, am I to ventilate just
via the lining or the whole flu as well ?

Mike P


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