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@Bigfoot
Happy days, I've found a fireplace discussion.. my other 1/2's sick of my fireplace chat.
I've been doing research into stoves, flues etc as I'm sorting out mine at the moment. It was an empty fireplace when I bought a year ago, with a mingey little plaster surround. Originally I wanted a defra log stove but my chimney's four storeys up (I'm just grnd flr) so getting a flue installed would require scaffold an $$. Tomorrow I'm having the chimney swept and inspected (inc the flats above) so finger crossed I pass and I can get an open gas basket with a big cast fireback. If I fail it'll be a Dimplex Optimyst :(
Things could have been straight forward if I hadn't bought a huge smashed up marble fireplace on gumtree and started reassembling it. Enlarging the builders opening was fun but getting the stains out of the marble has been a pain in the arse.
I actually paid for this:
And this is where I've got to:
