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Are there any stove fitters on here that can advise on fitting of inset stoves as im not sure if my fitter is trying to pull the wool over my eyes. Basically my stove has been fitted with a liner and cowl. I purchased a cowel (colt high top liner hanger type) as it has a good deep lip that comes well over the chimney pot. This type of cowl has a spigot which attaches to the liner with a jubilee type clip. My fitter persuaded me to use a different type of cowel as it was easier for him to fit as it sort of pushes onto the liner. I had concerns that his cowel may not give as good protection as my house is subject to quite strong winds and I was concerned with driving rain blowing under the cowel lip. I've attached a pic to show the fittment and to me it is fairly poor and I'm sure that rain will blow through. So he says he will come back and fit the original one but he will do it without disconnecting the flue liner from the stove. So this is why I need someone with experience as to me he will struggle to fit the cowel properly without disconnecting at the stove end to allow the liner to lift up. I'm just worried that he's going to do some sort of bodge job in it but I've not got enough experiance with how it should be fitted Cheers in advance

Hi are there any rules regarding how close a chimney liner can be to the inside surface of the chimney. My chimney steps in about 200mm above the stove and the flue spigot is almost plumb with the inside surface of the chimney where it steps in Obviously the liner can bend away but I presume it will only deviate so much over a give length. I have approx 200mm above the stove for the liner to try and clear the inside surface otherwise it will run tight against the brickwork. Just wondering how much flex the liners have

Ah ok I actually contacted vitcas about the construction board. Although they said it could be used they seemed to push me more towards their vermiculite boards as they said they were more suitable to accept tiles. I was hoping someone might be able to advise on this as didn't really want to use a vermiculite board

Has anyone any experience with this I plan to tile the wall surrounding my inset stove. I need to apply some type of board to pack out the level of the surface but unsure what product to use

Wondered if it would be possible advisable to basically put the top layer in in 2 stages or use normal sand and cement for the front area and use a heat proof render for the rear (smaller area) it will all then eventually be tiled but wondered if better to just do it all at once in the same material

I've checked it out and they have a heat proof render that is suitable.however I only really need the heat protection in the recess so would like to try and use normal mix on the front area but not sure whether putting it in as 2 separate parts is the best option or whether it would be better to do the whole area in the same product

Yeah what's there already is solid concrete but the level is too low and therefore I need to add another layer to raise it up by about 30mm and I was concerned that I might need to add some sort of heat proof layer

Would this be ok for the whole area ie even under the stove

Hi I'm in the process of fitting an inset stove. I have a thick concrete constructional hearth but need to raise it by about 30mm. The stove will then sit on this hearth. I've read up and my stove (as per most inset stoves) can heat the hearth to over 100 Deg so I'm just concerned over what material to use to raise the hearth.my initial plan was to use a sharp sand and cement mix for this but will the heat cause it to deteriorated.ive added a pic to show the current hearth. The bricks are roughly placed to show where I will be building the enclosure up to create a smaller opening and where the Trowell is will be the base for the stove when uve decided on the best product to use. Any advise will be very much appreaciated

Hi thanks for the reply. Bricks are just dropped in to give the general idea. Yes current opening is 850mm but this will reduce down to 470mm which will give 10mm clearance around the stove (it's an inset type)

I'm just about to start bricking up to create new enclosure for inset stove pic shows roughly where bricks will be and trowel is were stove will eventually be positioned. The base is concrete but needs raising up by about 30mm which I planned to screed with grit sand and cement. Question is should I brick up and then apply the screed or screed the whole area and build onto the screed. Thanks in advance