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Got Quoted Over £1800 To Install a Flue Quote below

Flue Works

To gain access to work via a cherry picker.

To protect furnishings with dust sheets and polythene.

To line the existing masonry flue with 150mm internal diameter class one 904 grade flexible stainless-steel lining.

Fit a galvanized steel register plate supported on a 50mm angle iron above the existing opening.

Terminate the liner with an exsiting chimney pot and rain cap bird guard.

For the sum of £1,580.00 plus VAT

Stove Works

Connect your own new stove to the new flue via a stainless-steel adapter and T and Cap stove pipe.

Supply and fit a carbon monoxide detector.

On completion the installation will be registered with HETAS, and a chimney notice plate will be issued where necessary.

For the sum of £230.00 plus VAT

Did The Hard Stuff getting The Redfyre Back Boiler Out See Pics!!

Seems a Bit Overpriced to me??

Next years stuff going through the mill

We live in an area where houses built between the 1940s and 1970s were constructed using colliery shale as a sub-floor filler. When this material gets damp, it undergoes a chemical reaction called Sulphate attack, which causes the shale to expand, literally pushing floors upward. This leads to unsightly floor bulges, cracked walls, and doors that no longer shut.

4 of our neighbours have had their shale removed over the last 2 years, and I have collected their floorboards and joists and diligently processed them into firewood. I should have taken a before photo where the wood filled my entire garage, but I stupidly didn't think. Anyway, I am very proud of the end result. 😊

Some splitting over the weekend.

Glad to say I collected this over many trips in my car, all free🤌

Hi all,

Just had a new burner fitted, replaced an absolute bodge job of an open fire. I need a solution for the brickwork where the old fire hood was as this been cut away for the hood. I think this is the reason anyway, it's an early 1800's house there may have been something there before that the hood was put in to cover.

Preferably id like it bricked up to match the rest as I want to retain the original look, can this be done?

First I mix two parts shredded paper & cardboard with one part coffee grounds (from my local cafe) and one part sawdust, plus whatever charcoal I have kept from burning wood in my stove.

Next I soak it overnight, then whisk it with a drill mixer attachment. I like to then leave it overnight again and mix it once more, to create a softer mix.

A briquette maker squeezes out the water, then just stack them in the sun for a few weeks.

The mixture can be tailored to whatever you have to hand. In the past I’ve gone for equal parts cardboard, coffee grounds and sawdust and that works fine too.

When burned, it’s very similar to wood in terms of heat, burn time and ash content. (Definitely not as good as oak, but better than pine!)