CHIMNEY BUILD

[Neil]

I am having to build a chimney on the outside wall of my house to accommadate a hole in the wall fire. Could any one inform me of the type and amount of resources I will require before commencing.

[Alex (YMG)]

Have you considered using a balanced flue fire, which will require no chimney? Maybe that is a totally inappropriate suggestion for your particular application, but I just wondered by your use of the words 'I am having to' if perhaps you would prefer an easier option?

I have no experience of them in use and have done nothing more than seen one on display and read a couple of installation manuals. They are more expensive than normal fires, but cheaper than building a chimney no doubt!

Alex

[Rick]

a pile of scaffolding, and a head for hights. clay liners ate 4-5 quid a foot, bricks and stuff are cheep. pots for the top cost a fortune.

and some planning permssion.

Rick

[Andrew McKay]

Supplementary question.

I don't have a head for heights, which means I don't climb ladders beyond about 5 rungs.

I've always imagined that scaffolding might offer me a bit more security to be able to get up to 1st floor level. After all, I can stand at a window in a high rise building without feeling unsafe, and properly erected scaffolding would have the essential elements of being inside a building.

Just wondering if my supposition is right?

Andrew

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[Rick]

safty rails, toe boards etc. The steel towers made of "H" sections are not good saffolding.

I am re-buidling a house, and the chimney has been a challenge to scaffold.

I't take a week of work to build it, then you can pay some proper scaffold people to do a good job. If you do it over a few months, the scaffold charge will be huge.

Rick

[Holly in France]

Sorry, late replying to this, been busy.

I'm fine right up to the top of a long ladder, but tend to like to hold on with both hands which makes actually doing anything a bit difficult :-)

Yes, IME it is. I am OK on the ladders themselves, not bad at getting off them but hopeless at getting back on to them to come back down! Proper scaffolding I am fine with, have been 9 storeys high without much of a problem. Scaffold towers if they are slightly wobbly I don't think I find any easier than ladders to be honest. One thing which makes a big difference to me is whether I can see down. I would be much better on scaffolding with planks than metal grille fire escapes for example. Also if the ladders going up to the scaffolding are on the building side I would find it easier than if they are on the outside. So, in principal yes, but only if the scaffolding is very stable. HTH