Hi all. Hoping someone can help me on this one. SWMBO would like a inset cassette type woodburner in the front room. However reading building regs it seems you need fireproof plaster on the chimney brest. Our house is 13 years old and the chimney brest is plaster on brick. So the question is do we have to remove the existing plaster and replace with fireproof plaster or not? Thanks in advance. Stuart
Fit a stainless steel liner and the jobs a teapot!
Unless the house was built and designed to have a decorative fireplace, then you should have no bother!
post a pic and ill tell you exactly what to do ie make etc
Thanks for the replies. The woodburner SWMBO likes is the one shown below.
www.scan.dk/page/196?selected_id=758&idx=#758 is the firms web page. Our chimney had an open fire with hearth and firebrick lining which have
been removed. The building regs insist on 150mm clearance from combustable materials. I take this to be things like furnishings, carpets and
plasterboard walls(?). I am just canvassing opinions on here before trudging around showrooms. Seems some traders (not all by any means) insist on a
marble surround (£££££££££££!)
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for what its worth, i believe plasterboard is rated at 30mins fireproof, so maybe boarding the chimney would suffice? I'll point out, i know nowt
about the subject really, but im on a roll and cant stop typing 
It's down to the temperatures involved, I do R & D work for a company that makes fires, normal plaster just isn't up to the job, it will
crack and fall off, thats just on gas fires, wood burning stuff is far hotter.
Find somewhere where you can get masterboard, it comes in 8x4 sheets, mount his on the front wall instead of plaster and just dress the edges.
Here's ours
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jroberts..that's a nice installation. Hope you don't mind me asking..what make of fire is it and what did you use for the surround/backboard?
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Originally posted by jroberts
Here's ours
Probably not helpful but in my 1850s house there is a layer of plaster reinforced with horse hair below the finish plaster. I have a wood burner where
there was an open fire and have accidentally had it burning so hard it was glowing red 
the plaster seems fine no sign of cracking.
I suppose if you can't find a horse to shave you could always ask the local barber. . . . .
Caber
It's a Stovax item.
http://www.stovax.com/products.htm?cid=2&sid=2&pid=50
The fire is installed in natural stone tiles from Original Style (part of the same company)
http://www.originalstyle.com/tile_stone_limestone.htm
We do som dramtic stuff in gas It's 1.3m wide by the way.
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Wow...bet that last one cost a bomb. Very nice though. Many thanks for all the replies guys.
check out this board , I've used it for fireproofing on a number of occasions and it easy to work with
http://www.futurebuild.co.uk/page.cfm/action=Exhib/ExhibID=00099
http://www.fermacell.co.uk/specifier_home.html
From the title I thought someone was trying to build a steamie locost!
If it's plaster over 4" brick or block you will be fine, just fit a stainless flue liner. I fitted a small multi fuel wood/coal or coke
stove a few years ago and it's not burnt the plaster off the chimney breast above it yet. Here's a picture (not cleaned up from last night
)
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