Bricking up old balanced flue holes.

[solutions]

What do you use when bricking up old flue holes? Especialy if you have to hang the new boiler over it. Any of you use quick setting mortar? If so which is best / least expensive? Do you match bricks and where do uou source yours?

 

[Reg Man]

Best endeavours. Try to match bricks as close as possible and stitch them in. But you don't see It happen very often, shameful.

 

[AWheating]

Most quick setting morta has a 20-30 min window. So I guess if your fast it may work. It tends to dry a different colour tho.

 

[Destroyer2813]

Quick setting mortar inside with a couple of thermalite blocks then do something else why it sets then stich the external brickwork in at a later date with closet bricks available at buildbase

 

[Ermintrude]

Ply wall then hang boiler. Whilst it's flushing from outside fit a Thermalite brick, then tooth out the old opening and rebuild. Get 95% of our bricks from local indi merchants. Normally take a photo of brickwork on survey.
Normal sand cement.

 

[solutions]

Ply wall then hang boiler. Whilst it's flushing from outside fit a Thermalite brick, then tooth out the old opening and rebuild. Get 95% of our bricks from local indi merchants. Normally take a photo of brickwork on survey.
Normal sand cement.

Does ply constitute non combustible surface or is it temporary?

 

[LPC]

Does ply constitute non combustible surface or is it temporary?

Vaillants and Worcesters can definitely be mounted on plywood. I don't know about any other manufacturers because I don't fit anything else.

 

[Alpha man]

We often fit a wall spacing jig and often drill a few off extra holes here and there.

 

[Ermintrude]

Baxi and ideal and for that Most modern boilers can be mounted on fire lighters if you like

 

[LPC]

A complete numpty engineer once tried to ID a Vaillant I installed because it was mounted on 18mm ply.

 

[wattsie1987]

I use Cementone rapid set with added sand and thermalite block on inside and render, then give it a 3mm skim with onecoat plaster on the inside. Full smash out and staggered re-brick outside I take a brick sample to suppliers to match and try to match the cement colour be it with white cement or lime if necessary. I don't do cheap jobs but there all done to the standard I'd want in my own house.

 

[stevetheplumber]

depends what the customer wants to pay for toothing in new bricks takes a lot longer than a block and square of render

 

[Ermintrude]

Woof woof!

 

[AWheating]

Woof woof!

sit, roll over, chase your tail

 

[Ermintrude]

You ain't got any treats