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  1. Marvin
    Thoughts that may help: Was the original burner installed by a HETAS engineer? Was the stove used or just for display? Is the chimney lined? Is the room deep enough to have the 300mm deep hearth extending into the room in front of the proposed extended stove position? HETAS engineer required? Carbon monoxide Alarm required. Technically building regulations required. Air brick required? Marvin
  2. Marvin
    And probably cause condensation
  3. Marvin
    Yes they dry out and stop working. .
  4. Marvin
    https://www.gov.uk/building-regulations-approval construction and extension of buildings. You might also need building regulations approval for many alteration projects, including if you plan to: replace fuse boxes and connected electrics install a bathroom that will involve plumbing change electrics near a bath or shower put in a fixed air-conditioning system replace windows and doors replace roof coverings on pitched and flat roofs install or replace a heating system add extra radiators to a heating system You could need approval, or to follow special rules, for works not listed here - so always research your particular project.
  5. Marvin
    Hi @joe90 and @dangti6 Just because an area does not meet building regs does not mean it is not considered a habitable space. Therefore it would require building regulations. I am not "guessing" this. I will try and find the info later today. M
  6. Marvin
    Goodness! I have 200mm PIR in my floor. I must have been too enthusiastic again...
  7. Marvin
    Worth checking around price wise even if it's just to reassure yourself
  8. Marvin
    Sorry for the confusion. I was not saying to go deeper. If you widen the hole on both sides you will cut into the bricks that hold up the existing lintle. If you cut the width wider all the way to the back of the existing fireplace you will be cutting into the sidewalls of the chimney stack outside. Nice idea to extend the the log burner into the room instead. Don't forget the non flammable hearth requirements and the non flammable boarding anywhere near the flue.
  9. Marvin
    Are you talking about planning or building regulations?
  10. Marvin
    How deep is the fireplace into the wall? My guess is about 330mm...
  11. Marvin
    More detail for you look at the sizes...
  12. Marvin
    Well it appears, judging by your photos and measurements the you would end up with the following: Both of which are no good. So need to sort out design. M
  13. Marvin
    The lintle above the existing fireplace opening looks not wide enough to take the new opening size. Is that a solid external wall?
  14. Marvin
    It's supposed to squeak quicker!
  15. Marvin
    I also do not understand. Perhaps our brains are too powerful to think down to this level: A - ditto. B - water moved around outside unit has to circulate somewhere mine into hot water tank or buffer tank but not rads. C - I am not knowledgeable with your type of unit. D - no change gives no consideration to external pipework vaunribility etc so a brush stroke protect all level. E - I admit I wouldn't want my clients mucking about with this but that means it must be suitably adjusted. F- answer in B above? However I think my ASHP has a frost heater in the fan unit. Good luck. M
  16. Marvin
    Yes, I think @08980898 said: So probably applies.. Assuming typical trench foundation supporting external walls of the building.... M
  17. Marvin
    and consideration of the permeability of the ground... 2% degree fall will work on a smooth surface but more tricky on a deep surfaced pattern.
  18. Marvin
    Or did ten years ago. But then whose counting
  19. Marvin
    Yes, I avoided the heat recovery system for the shower waste, turbines for the rainwater down pipes and the solar panel following the reflective sun off the moon. But still considering the turbine driven by mains water
  20. Marvin
    Been there, done that, got the tee shirt. When you tap the barrow it crumbles like tissue paper. Most startling one though is either when you use too big a bucket and drop a ton on it and flatten it, or use it as a brazier and the tyre explodes. Those were the days....
  21. Marvin
    This situation would require your neighbours to enact a party wall agreement if they achieved permission and wanted to start the work: The Party Wall etc Act 1996: New building on the boundary line between neighbouring pieces of land (Section 1 of the Act) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-resolving-disputes-in-relation-to-party-walls/the-party-wall-etc-act-1996-explanatory-booklet
  22. Marvin
    No. Totally uneducated me. Actually @Onoffin 1984 I could only receive the BBC World service on the radio.
  23. Marvin
    I understood that most people who die in fires die from smoke inhalation- thank goodness.
  24. Marvin
    The only way I know to stop rodents entering a building is to have it completely covered in something that they cannot chew through and keep holes no bigger than about 10mm. A lot of pipes through walls are not properly sealed around.
  25. Marvin
    As my brother says it's not if it's how much! We only use about 7000kW a year.
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