I tried installing a fireplace lintel, for a log burner, but couldn't finish it..

Is this something you would tackle yourself?

Vikkie you are so clever and amazing, I’m sure your dad (and TCD) must be very proud of your DIY skills and achievements. Superb 👌

That was a simple but effective way to provide temporary support while you fitted the lintel. I did a similar job a few years back and it would have been a lot less stressful if I'd used your method.

When the stove is installed, I would suggest a flexi stainless steel flue liner from the register plate right up to the chimney pot & fill around it with vermiculite (poured in from the top) to insulate the flue & keep the smoke & gasses rising. You will have to temporarily remove the pot to get the flue down & get the vermiculite in. I would also suggest a flue diameter an inch bigger than the stove requires in case you ever up grade the stove.Make sure the flue liner goes in the right way up. There should be tiny arrows stamped in the stainless band which must point up. I love your channel & always look forward to your uploads.👍👍👍.Ps don’t forget a CO detector! (Or two)

Kia ora (hello) Vikkie awesome job done on the fireplace so far. But I now suggest you take heaps of photos from all angles and go and have a chat with the people in the shop who you will be getting the fireplace from. They will be your best advisor as you will be installing their product... then you are covered by insurance since you asked them 🙂 Mr TCD is great at filming you (so do let him know) 🙂 You both have a great week 🙂NZ

As always - well done Vicki! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💕💕

Nice job. I like the support timber you used to keep the course of bricks above stable.

Daring approach but professionally done! 👍

I'm very impressed!

Good luck with the rest of the fireplace!! Looking good so far!

Amazing Vikkie. You made that look so easy!!! I was concerned about the mild flooding with the saw though haha

good job. this is somthing i need to do in my home and you have given me the confidence to do it myself

Hi, as I suggested earlier, I would have taken it all out, and putting a new stove with twin wall stainless flue. Easier to maintain , and opens the room up a bit. Your current chimney was a dubious legal for Building Regs. Good to see you getting on with the hose, its a long term job, like all projects are.

You tackle anything... go girl

Your doing well and I enjoy your vlogs good stuff

Impressive work. I am too scaredy to do this sort of thing myself. Kudos.

Nice work. Lol. I was like, "How's she going to cut those bricks inside without getting water everywhere?" 😉

Worked out pretty well in the end! I've fitted a couple of logs burners now, I would brick the sides up as you planned originally and not plaster or render it. I've tried sand and cement render with plaster skim and also fireboard with plaster skim and both cracked with the heat. You MIGHT get away with fireboard if you leave the void behind it to dissipate the heat. My current stove has one side with a void and one dot and dab, the dot and dab with skim side has cracked the side with the void hasn't so far. There are heat resistant plasters out there but I don't know how good they are and when I mentioned it to the plasterer he wasn't keen as he had never used it in his 40 years spreading!

3:37 by coincidence, I poured a concrete hearth this week - first time with concreting, and it actually went pretty well! (If you ignore the 10mm droop at one side, which was fixed with a screed layer).

je vous admire pour votre courage et votre ténacité et votre travail wikkie cela vas étre magnifique .patrick.