So, a rare 24 hours without work, Omex in Bumper? New sump? Bit of welding on the 4x4?
Why no! How about starting some thing new? YES!
6.30 this evening...
(Lime stone fireplace for sale by the way!)
Barely 2 hours later with the help of Mr. Prisebar and his mate 14lb Mel we are here...
Q? What's the best stuff to get rid of the soot on the back there? I'm thinking odf plastering or maybe rendering it with stone or bricks
etc and don't want the soot to appear in few months time
Ta,
Steve
bit extreme just to clean up the back of the fireplace isn't it?
jet wash.
Woah nice work!
We've got some great stuff what we use to get the soot off the back of the stove doors - its a gel type stuff which you sort of spread on then
wipe off a bit later. I think its made by stovax the guys what made the stove?
Geoff
Brake cleaner with clear that lot up nicely
Never mind all that... is that 'The Best of The Cheeky Girls' I see in your CD rack!?
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Originally posted by jambojeef
Woah nice work!
We've got some great stuff what we use to get the soot off the back of the stove doors - its a gel type stuff which you sort of spread on then wipe off a bit later. I think its made by stovax the guys what made the stove?
Geoff
I just brushed the loose off ours then wet it and rendered it and it's nor reappeared in 4 years.
Wire brush off what's loose, then go over the rest with PVA/primer. Then plaster (should be mortar if you plan to put a fire in there).
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Originally posted by scootz
Never mind all that... is that 'The Best of The Cheeky Girls' I see in your CD rack!?
How about a spot grit blaster? The type used by bodyshops to clean up stone chips etc. (has a vaccuum recovery for most of the grit).
They're about £20-30 and should clean up the bricks quite nicely.
If you want it doing faster, use a normal grit blaster and enclose as much of the area in polythene as possible (or you'll be cleaning sand up
for years to come!)
that was a perfectly good fire place .lol. are you fitting a beer chiller.
Brush soot off, then seal with a couple of coats of PVA
This is what we want it to look like
so can you do that to any fire place to put a log burner in ?
As long as your chimney is in good nick, yes. Otherwise a chimney liner is required.
The building reg requirements for the area around a stove are fairly clear-cut, e.g. you can't have any combustible material within a certain
distance, the hearth itself must be a certain thickness (depending on what's underneath), and so on.
Guess who had a wood-burner installed a couple of months ago...
how much for the old fireplace?
you haven't damaged it have u 
may be interested
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Originally posted by graememk
so can you do that to any fire place to put a log burner in ?
No damage, £100. Was attached with metal brackets and screws. Hearth was glued down with tile adhesive. Your welcome to come and see it (in bits)
Swap ya for a Rover V8 engine or a Landrover gearbox...
you still looking for a landy gearbox steve?
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Originally posted by graememk
Yes, but you must install a new liner in the chimney.
I got one fitted two year ago and it is absolutely brilliant; the heat from them is terrific.
Our fireplace was used for coal for 90 years before, why does it suddenly need a liner to burn wood ?
David Jenkins - 9/7/10 at 09:53 PMquote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Our fireplace was used for coal for 90 years before, why does it suddenly need a liner to burn wood ?
Wood gives off tar/creosote, which sinks into the brickwork. this can (a) soak through and stain your wallpaper in nice brown patches, and (b) catch fire.
coozer - 9/7/10 at 10:01 PMquote:
Originally posted by MkII
you still looking for a landy gearbox steve?
Yep, do you have one? or know were I can get one cheep cheep??
MkII - 9/7/10 at 10:03 PMmight just know where there is one if you u2u me your no. I'll find out about it and ring u tomorow. .m.
coozer - 12/8/10 at 10:02 AMBumpty bump, a update report, some painting required to finish it
02GF74 - 12/8/10 at 12:34 PMlooks good but you will have to redo that.
plant pot no longer matches the wall.
