Fire in my house this morning

[rimexboy]

When we had this fitted we had to have the chimney swept and a section of flue fitted to ensure smoke could not come back down.

As for the wood going into the fire place itself instead of in front like you say is what's caused the problem as its in direct contact with the heat source.

Thanks Simon

[digerjones]

you want to be very carefull there, think you have been very lucky. the woodburner looks tight in that hole, you need space around it, 150mm all round maybe. you dont nessasarly need a flue liner but if you put say 500mm of solid flue pipe on top of stove, it needs to pass through a regester metal plate then you need to shape above this with compo. so any thing coming down flue goes into fire and not on a ledge above fire.

[lutonlagerlout]

in retrospect that is another issue
the last one we did around 6 weeks ago we had to remodel the fireplace for the reasons dylan outlined above
Personally I dont think it looks right with 150mm all round but I am sure it is some sort of regulation now
cheers LLL

[sussex]

Just seen your pics ,lucky dos,nt even get close to it!!!think LLL is spot on with liner,i know some wood burners can be installed without one but for peace of mind s/s liner (they are bloody expensive) is the way forward.Good luck

[rimexboy]

ok all ive finally had a chance to take a closer look at this and take on board all your comments and advice and again thank you for it all.


i knocked the plaster of a little to reveal some cracked concrete that was on top of the mantle peice wood...



this then gave me more space to see for sure what had happened and why it caught fire in the first place


this is a photo of down the chimney to the stove and as you can see its all sealed up, so i opened the fire removed all the blocks and iron and cleaned all the debries out and removed it all.



this is a picture up the chimney



this is a picture (TO THE LEFT) that clearly shows that the mantle piece wood is in direct contact with the chimney, and this is whats the problem as the intence heat from the fire has caught the wood on fire.



and this is the other side to the right, and if you look carfully you can even see the mantle piece in the last 2 pictures that goes round the side of the chimney breast.


thanks simon

[rimexboy]

Ok cleaned it all out today like this

Then I took the wood of like this and cleaned it up

Removed the rubbish

Then put a lintel in on a bed of sand and cement


Not very pretty but it's got to be plastered over yet

Then bricked it up like this



And that's that for now will wait for it to. Dry out

Thanks Simon

[lutonlagerlout]

bag of bonding and a bag of easi fill should see that right
LLL

[rimexboy]

Nice one tony I will have ago over the week end thanks again

Simon

[London Stone Paving]

That's a fair private plate Simon, I bet it's worth more than the car :;):

[rimexboy]

That's a fair private plate Simon, I bet it's worth more than the car :;):

Ha ha no it was only a cheap one the proper ones go for silly money, which I have not got.

Thanks Simon

[rimexboy]

Cleaned area up and unibonded it first,

Cut and fitted new piece of wood, also put some screws in the bottom pertruding so to bed into the miter below





Then bonded it, and fitted a strap to keep it in place until it dries out, will skim when dry...


Thanks Simon