On 11/04/2016 14:36, Mike Atkinson wrote:
On Monday, 11 April 2016 13:54:47 UTC+1, Andrew wrote:
Just remove the flexible pipe inside the loft (but it could be asbestos
cement) and shove some loft insulation inside the angled flue block in
the attic.
Thanks. You think no ventilation is needed at the bottom end?

It was never used for coal or wood. Gas burns quite cleanly and the flue
blocks are on the inner leaf, so isolated from the weather. QED just
seal it at the bottom and plug with some thing vapour permeable at the
top, like a plug of rockwool.

If you are going to remove the false chimney breast in the
lounge (opens up the room nicely) then
There isn't one! It's just a wall. Until I looked up pre-cast flues I thought this was some after-fi


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