new fire, very hot chimney
 

i've had a new fire put in (class 2 flue), and the fitter told us to expect
a very hot chimney. It seems that when the house was built, the builders
didn't install any reflective plaster board on the chimney, and also put
down very thin layer of plaster.
....and the fitter was right. It is very hot :)

Is there anything i can do, aside from the large task of installing
reflective plaster board on the chimney - re-platering - getting fire
re-fitted, etc. Is there any special paint i can put on, as a sort of
undercoat to keep the heat in the chimney??

also, what are the consequence of doing nothing?? Peeling paint perhaps??

Martin wrote:

Is there anything i can do, aside from the large task of installing
reflective plaster board on the chimney - re-platering - getting fire
re-fitted, etc. Is there any special paint i can put on, as a sort of
undercoat to keep the heat in the chimney??

No, no special paint will stop your chimney from getting hot. Insulation
is really the only way to reduce the amount of heat getting through.


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Grunff

"Grunff" wrote in message
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Martin wrote:

Is there anything i can do, aside from the large task of installing
reflective plaster board on the chimney - re-platering - getting
fire
re-fitted, etc. Is there any special paint i can put on, as a sort
of
undercoat to keep the heat in the chimney??

No, no special paint will stop your chimney from getting hot.
Insulation
is really the only way to reduce the amount of heat getting through.


I can't quite get my head round trying to stop a fire from putting heat
into a room.

I can't quite get my head round trying to stop a fire from putting heat
into a room.



heat into room is a good thing :)
Very hot chimneys such that the wallpaper and/or paint peels away into a
horrible sight is a bad thing :(

also, what are the consequence of doing nothing?? Peeling paint perhaps??

The plaster will almost certainly start to crack after a while. I would
also imagine the contraction and expansion caused by the temperature
extremes would eventually cause the plaster to lose it's key to the wall
altogether.

Andy

In article ,
"Pecanfan" writes:
also, what are the consequence of doing nothing?? Peeling paint perhaps??

The plaster will almost certainly start to crack after a while. I would
also imagine the contraction and expansion caused by the temperature
extremes would eventually cause the plaster to lose it's key to the wall
altogether.

Is there a cavity between the flue and wall, down which
you could pour vamiculite supposing you could gain access
at the top?

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Andrew Gabriel

In article ,
(Andrew Gabriel) writes:
In article ,
"Pecanfan" writes:
also, what are the consequence of doing nothing?? Peeling paint perhaps??

The plaster will almost certainly start to crack after a while. I would
also imagine the contraction and expansion caused by the temperature
extremes would eventually cause the plaster to lose it's key to the wall
altogether.

Is there a cavity between the flue and wall, down which
you could pour vamiculite supposing you could gain access
^^^^^^^^^^
vermiculite
at the top?

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Andrew Gabriel

"Neil Jones" wrote in message ...

I can't quite get my head round trying to stop a fire from putting heat
into a room.

nor me :) If it turns out the plaster cant take it, lime plaster
behaves much better in terms of cracking, and is self healing.

Regards, NT

"Martin" wrote in message
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I can't quite get my head round trying to stop a fire from putting
heat
into a room.



heat into room is a good thing :)
Very hot chimneys such that the wallpaper and/or paint peels away into
a
horrible sight is a bad thing :(


OK, but isn't there some way of 'deflecting' the heat into the room
rather than sending it up the chimney?