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Hello everyone,
I have spent the last few days reading lots of posts on constructional hearths for solid fuel stoves but very little reference to gas fires.
The background: I have bought an 1890's victorian semi which was unoccupied for 16 months and previously rented out. The property suffered a lot of neglect and was damp due to ineffective rain water goods, poor brickwork and failed flashings. This is all rectified so now work begins inside to remove the floordboards and joists. In doing so, I found the concrete hearth of the ground floor living room to be cracked, the first course of bricks loose and lots of damp in this area (possibly made its way down from the failed flashings around the chimney stacks). So I have removed the concrete and subsequent damp rubble and now I'm left with a recess.
I've had new plates with DPM and new joists installed, floorboards will eventually be P5. But what do I do about this hearth, I plan to have a stove effect gas fire here. Do I need to adhere to the same hearth rules as solid fuels?
The old flue will be removed and bricked up, a lower concrete lintel will be installed and bricked above this to reinstate a smaller opening. The finished flooring will be laminate of some sort and a small tiled decorative hearth.
Lots of pictures of the progress attached. Since the last picture I have removed the loose rubble at the top and my gloves/tools of course
I have spent the last few days reading lots of posts on constructional hearths for solid fuel stoves but very little reference to gas fires.
The background: I have bought an 1890's victorian semi which was unoccupied for 16 months and previously rented out. The property suffered a lot of neglect and was damp due to ineffective rain water goods, poor brickwork and failed flashings. This is all rectified so now work begins inside to remove the floordboards and joists. In doing so, I found the concrete hearth of the ground floor living room to be cracked, the first course of bricks loose and lots of damp in this area (possibly made its way down from the failed flashings around the chimney stacks). So I have removed the concrete and subsequent damp rubble and now I'm left with a recess.
I've had new plates with DPM and new joists installed, floorboards will eventually be P5. But what do I do about this hearth, I plan to have a stove effect gas fire here. Do I need to adhere to the same hearth rules as solid fuels?
The old flue will be removed and bricked up, a lower concrete lintel will be installed and bricked above this to reinstate a smaller opening. The finished flooring will be laminate of some sort and a small tiled decorative hearth.
Lots of pictures of the progress attached. Since the last picture I have removed the loose rubble at the top and my gloves/tools of course
