I have read this group and others on installing fireplaces but I still
have some questions. I have a victorian cast iron insert and wooden
surround to reinstate in a victorian house. The insert has a 'bolt-on'
cast iron fireback. My main concern is how do I fill behind the
fireback and make a nice sloping throat etc. If I detatch the fireback
and use it to shutter the infill etc. then will it not become affixed
to the concrete? I am also unsure exactly how to fix and seal the
insert to the wall. Any one know of any good websites with detailed
instructions? Or have similar experience? Cheers.

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I have read this group and others on installing fireplaces but I still
have some questions. I have a victorian cast iron insert and wooden
surround to reinstate in a victorian house. The insert has a 'bolt-on'
cast iron fireback. My main concern is how do I fill behind the
fireback and make a nice sloping throat etc. If I detatch the fireback
and use it to shutter the infill etc. then will it not become affixed
to the concrete? I am also unsure exactly how to fix and seal the
insert to the wall. Any one know of any good websites with detailed
instructions? Or have similar experience? Cheers.


you use a lightweight fibre type product mixed with cement to infill the
back
Jewson sell it but I don't know its name
Ask em, they'll point you in the right direction.
--
Vass

Vass wrote:
you use a lightweight fibre type product mixed with cement to infill
the back
Jewson sell it but I don't know its name
Ask em, they'll point you in the right direction.

vermiculite
Jon