knocking down brick fireplace - what next

sunshune

sunshune

i could'nt rotate this one but this is what it looks like behind the fire place as it is not fitted

thanks warehouse!

rustyboy21

sunshune wrote: »

i could'nt rotate this one but this is what it looks like behind the fire place as it is not fitted

thanks warehouse!

Looks a really simple job.

She may find that she may not even need a big plaster job doing here. When I have had the lads go out to jobs, when I have sold fireplaces to people with this type of fireplace in, The brickwork is only front faced onto the chimney breast, so when they start knocking it away, the original plasterwork is ok beneath.

Should only take them an hour or two to remove it, simple job really. Most she would need really on the chimney breast is a quick skim of plaster.

sunshune

Thank you. Would she still need a vent? Also can she have the same set up as warehouse posted?

Leif

sunshune wrote: »

Thank you. Would she still need a vent? Also can she have the same set up as warehouse posted?

As I said earlier, you need a vent if the chimney is open. If you cap the chimney, then you don't need a vent, as I explained.

Leif

sunshune wrote: »

Gosh CheckAt tradee sound like a nightmare - they wouldn't give you any details at all! what about under the FOI act

I had an incompetent bathroom fitter too. ...

I almost feel like we should put ourselves on a few DIY courses so we at least have an idea of what is going on.

The FOI Act applies to government bodies not private companies, unfortunately. Sorry to hear about your troubles and I hope they get sorted. Sadly it can be quite hard to get good trades. My late mother's builder was always having a go at me, he hated me, and my mother told me off because 'it is hard to get a good builder'.

Apparently there are courses at local colleges for things like bathroom installation. I knew someone, a software engineer, who went on a brick laying course. I have found that most DIY jobs are fairly easy, although sometimes you need two people especially when an item is heavy. A friend fitted his own bathroom to a high standard, and he said he found the plumbing hard.

jc808

Leif wrote: »

As I said earlier, you need a vent if the chimney is open. If you cap the chimney, then you don't need a vent, as I explained.

I thought you still needed a vent if the chimney was capped?

Leif

jc808 wrote: »

I thought you still needed a vent if the chimney was capped?

I was told that you didn't. My understanding is that if the chimney is capped, then there will be no through draught even with a vent. But I am no expert, and I could be wrong.

warehouse

sunshune wrote: »

oh thanks warehouse that is great i am going to show this to my sister right now. I am going to ask her to take a picture of hers and mail it to me so i can post on here.

THe tv looks good like that is it difficult to drill the hole for the wires. I think thats what she wants to do. Where are the plug sockets? and did you have to put a vent in too?

Hi Sunshune,

Our chimney is capped with no vent, I have no idea if this is a requirement or not.

The hole for the wires is the same size as a standard water downpipe, this was drilled with a tool that goes on the end of a standard drill and basically drills a chunk out of the bricks that comes out inside the tool, a sort of plug. I borrowed the tool.

Behind the hole is an actual piece of downpipe to run the wires into, (hence the hole size).

The whole room was rewired, and luckily there is a lot of space under the floorboards so I drilled a large hole up through the fireplace and ran part of the ring main with sockets into the bottom area of the fireplace. The sockets are hidden by the painted wood in the picture. I also ran the cables for Virgin TV, normal TV cables, phone cables and network cables to future proof the installation, (and not have to rip up the floor again to get under there).