Okay so you can, if you look hard enough get throat forming lintels that
support the breast and form the throat - 18 quid though!
Mine is a standard 28" wide opening which originally had the curved brick
top - estimated apex height 36". Depth 14". I guess this is standard.
I now have no brick arch and removed the non-self-corbelling brick work
above.

What is the best method to complete the reinstallation of the breast side
and form the throat for gas living flame operation?

Standard 5 quid concrete lintel and half brick pillars each side of the
opening is I expect going to be the starting point, that should give me the
required width and height for the fireplace I'm installing. So then it's
just the throat between the top of the pillars and the lintel... but how?

Oh and anyone know where you can get a sensible quantity of vermiculite from
at a sensible price?

TIA

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Mike W

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:57:05 GMT, "VisionSet"
wrote:


Okay so you can, if you look hard enough get throat forming lintels that
support the breast and form the throat - 18 quid though!
Mine is a standard 28" wide opening which originally had the curved brick
top - estimated apex height 36". Depth 14". I guess this is standard.
I now have no brick arch and removed the non-self-corbelling brick work
above.

What is the best method to complete the reinstallation of the breast side
and form the throat for gas living flame operation?

Standard 5 quid concrete lintel and half brick pillars each side of the
opening is I expect going to be the starting point, that should give me the
required width and height for the fireplace I'm installing. So then it's
just the throat between the top of the pillars and the lintel... but how?

Oh and anyone know where you can get a sensible quantity of vermiculite from
at a sensible price?

TIA

I cast mine in situ in concrete.

Rick

"Rick" wrote in message
...


What is the best method to complete the reinstallation of the breast side
and form the throat for gas living flame operation?



I cast mine in situ in concrete.



Bloody good idea Rick, why that didn't occur to me I'll never know.
I think that's what I'll do.

Mike