I was asking a few weeks back about fitting one of these coal affect gas fires to a prefabricated flue but I don't remember any responses. Somebody out there must have one of these fitted to a prefab flue.
20 odd years ago the brick chimney was taken down and a false chimney breast added using an aluminium prefab flue. A stock brick fireplace was built and a conventional gas fire fitted. I have taken down the false chimney breast as I am doing a complete replaster, lath & plaster ripped out and old thick lime plaster on the walls taken off. I had a slight mishap with the fireplace. As it was not tied into the wall it became dislodged. I thought about rebuilding it and tieing it into the wall but have now decided to build a complete floor to ceiling false chimney breast then fit one of these fancy pre-made fireplaces. I figure it will be a lot easier and the fire should fit easier. The trouble is I can't find any decent information about the prep that I need to do this. It would seem that the only thing that I can do is buy the fire and fireplace and hope for the best. I had intended to get a CORGI installer to do the fire installation but I need to know what preparation I need to do. Does anybody know of any good sites or suppliers in Herts or North London. Failing that can I get engage a CORGI installer now and get him to determine what needs to be done by me in terms of preparation.Kevin