Hi all,skimming a timber frame house at the moment and we're down to the last few walls.The client has installed a solid fuel stove and its sitting 600mm off the ground on blockwork.The breast is formed with mf and slabbed with fireline plasterboard(pink board). The face of the stove will be flush with the breast and the rest is incorporated in the breast.All that will be seen is the face of the stove(the door).I know that the flue is stainless steel wrapped by fireproof bricks but the problem is the heat around the door.I told the builder that a heat resistant plaster will be required but can the heat resistant plaster be applied to the fireline board or is the whole breast a problem.Should it all have been done in blockwork......?
Plastering breast of solid stove.
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Jurek
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haven't they got any specs with the woodburner? it needs a HETAS certificate when completed, or signed off by BC, so needs to be done right. don't think it can have any combustible materials. would have used supalux down that route, or blockwork like you say. not fireline. its not suitable for continual exposure.
I've got a standalone and the heat is unreal. did the sides and rear of the opening with a vermiculite board which is brilliant. just painted it. the breast above has cracked, though. the heat is intense......:RpS_thumbup:
I've got a standalone and the heat is unreal. did the sides and rear of the opening with a vermiculite board which is brilliant. just painted it. the breast above has cracked, though. the heat is intense......:RpS_thumbup:
Jurek
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not sure about the vitcas going on board. phone them up and ask. or have a look at the website. if they don't state it will tell the punter you'll do it like he wants but you won't guarantee it. make sure the punter pays for the vitcas cos it aint cheap form what i remember...
essexandy
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Building regs state a minimum of 300mm from the front of the appliance.
Jurek
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they're great, andy. go through the yellow pages and ask the local tree surgeons if they'll sell any spare wood. they'll just tip it on your drive. got enough to last two winters for £120.
Solway why are you concerned? You obviously need to finish the job to get paid! Are you goin to stand there and worry about the colour scheme ? It all sounds wrong vitcas has got to go on there undercoat its not like gypsum plasters! Skim it and scarper! Not bad slogan there ill copyright that one !
essexandy
The Lake Governor
Yeah I've had one for about ten years now. The one I've just bought is for the extension I'm building.
We're pretty much surrounded by National Trust land/woodland and get cheap logs off the warden, £50 for the last truck load I think I paid.
Depends on the size of the door I done one a while back and the hetas guy said it's got to oh further than when the door opens, forget building control they haven't a clue about this stuff.
essexandy
The Lake Governor
That would make sense I was just going by what a stove store said the building regs were.
Fourplastering
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Does it have to be plastered, can't they tile it using a nice slate or marble?
Dansouthcoast84
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Fire line wont hold back that heat. If the stove is enclosed like you say, the heat will be more intense. You need block or brickwork around that one. And the mf will just melt away
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