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An issue has arisen on site in that the twin wall insulated flue we have had installed has not been installed with one of these ventilated fire stop plates (see attached spec sheet) creating an air gap between the ceiling plaster board and the flue. Hetas installer says it’s not required because we are using an insulated twin wall flue, and so the flue will never exceed 50C or possibly 60C to the touch and is happy to sign off the installation as is. This didn’t sound right to my project manager so he called the manufacturer, Schiedel, who is saying that it is required. The ceiling has already been plastered and finished with clay based plaster, and I don’t believe the plasterboard is of the fire rated type. This is about 2.2m from the stove itself which is rated 5kw to 9kw, to the extent that is relevant. I’ve had a look at the cross section of the flue: and there do appear to be several layers, including a thick layer of insulation, so maybe the installer is right. Not helped however by his admission that he sacked one of the engineers involved in our install because his work was unreliable! What would you do?
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We have a fire place with (when its fitted) a 5kW room sealed log burner sat inside the chimeny breast. As per our previous house we wish to have some hidden lighting up in the chimney breast that illuminates the fire place and log burner (probably 2-3W LED). The electrican has installed the wiring and switches etc but wants the log burner installed (Hetas registered) to state what lights are acceptable. The Hetas guy has had many weeks to come back to me on this but seems to be struggling to get a definite list of suitable items. What is allowed/not allowed in such a situation. Would a simple cermanic baynet holder and a cooker rated LED bulb be ok?
