Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:58:41 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99171#Comment_99171 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99171#Comment_99171 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:33:22 +0000 Nick Parsons Thanks.

Nick]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99177#Comment_99177 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99177#Comment_99177 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:01:27 +0000 Joiner
We used a fireproof board (can't remember it's name) which weighed a ton and cost sixty quid for an 8' x 4' board back in 2000. A mate skimmed it with a refractory cement and it lasted for about five years until we took on board the need to burn the stove at its maximum heat (and this was pre-Brian) and tried it for a night. Still have to get that patch fixed! Hidden it with a pile of logs to date.

Would join you in welcoming advice as to the best stuff to use.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99178#Comment_99178 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99178#Comment_99178 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:05:25 +0000 owlman https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99180#Comment_99180 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99180#Comment_99180 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:17:45 +0000 Joiner
Maybe Nick will confirm it, but I get the impression his concern is the same as mine was at the time of fitting the lining board to the fireplace, protecting the bricks, to which end we put in a layer of insulating wool (again, irritatingly, can't remember what it was, but it replaced the asbestos fibre stuff) between the brick and board - and I'm not exagerating when I said it was heavy; it took four of us to lift that single 8 by 4 sheet onto the trailer at the builder's merchants! With just two of us this end we cut the sections to size on the trailer. We thought the refractory cement (on the advice of someone who'd done it before) would have done it. Actually, to be fair, it probably did because after five years of alternating temps to have lost a 10" square probably isn't bad going.

I'll post a pic later.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99182#Comment_99182 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99182#Comment_99182 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:03:13 +0000 Peter Clark
Plaster skim on anything will only last a few weeks in my experience.

peter]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99196#Comment_99196 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99196#Comment_99196 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:41:22 +0000 jms452
The first one was 1:1:6 (cement: hydrated lime: sharp sand) skimed with multifinish plaster.
Was OK but covered in hairline cracks after a few weeks (hidden by another coat of emulsion).

The second time on recommendation from our stove installer used 0:1:3 and skimmed with the same ratio but using plastering sand rather than sharp - Only one small crack so far.

Neither was a disaster but if doing it again I'd do the second method. In both cases I think you should leave it a while before painting with emulsion (or not paint it at all).]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99204#Comment_99204 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99204#Comment_99204 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:22:16 +0000 Tonyt It didnt need a skim as its a pretty smooth surface, fixed with dri wall adhesive and high temp silicone on the internal corners.

No problems so far after 2 years

Tony]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99219#Comment_99219 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99219#Comment_99219 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:50:51 +0000 chuckey Frank]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99220#Comment_99220 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99220#Comment_99220 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:51:55 +0000 Joiner
I did phone the builder's merchants I got my stuff from ten years ago, but they (or at least the person I was talking to) didn't know what I was talking about!]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99222#Comment_99222 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99222#Comment_99222 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:03:19 +0000 tychwarel
The excess heat is absorbed by the tiles, render and blocks, and because of the thermal mass the wall not get excessively hot. The heat then re-radiates into the room for hours after the fire has died down.

This probably would not be great for a poorly insulated external wall, but for an internal wall or a well insulated external wall it works a treat.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99227#Comment_99227 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99227#Comment_99227 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:42:34 +0000 Nick Parsons
Nick]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99243#Comment_99243 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99243#Comment_99243 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:36:59 +0000 evan https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99244#Comment_99244 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99244#Comment_99244 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:17:36 +0000 finny https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99267#Comment_99267 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99267#Comment_99267 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:36:51 +0000 Joiner https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99288#Comment_99288 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99288#Comment_99288 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:49:09 +0000 CWatters
Perhaps look at the render suggested by others or perhaps..

http://shop.vitcas.com/vitcas-heat-resistant-plaster-16-p.asp]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99289#Comment_99289 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99289#Comment_99289 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:05:11 +0000 windy lamb https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99301#Comment_99301 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99301#Comment_99301 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:05:15 +0000 Joiner https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99311#Comment_99311 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99311#Comment_99311 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:46:06 +0000 RobinB https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99312#Comment_99312 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=6810&Focus=99312#Comment_99312 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:51:02 +0000 finny Heat resistant? Tried to light a lump of unused lime plaster in the log boiler..reckon 800 or more degrees..no joy tho, bugger wouldn't burn!
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