Advice on gas fire fitting please

[goz666]

Hi all, have been asked to fit a Stovax Stockton 5 gas stove. Don't normally fit gas fires as a rule but this is for a lad i know. I have followed the MI's and fit a 5" flue liner already, ordered the fire and the adaptor from the steel flue to the liner, there is a lad there boarding all the walls and ceilings in fireboard and he is installing the fireboard in the chimney opening and has asked me to cut a 5" hole in and put my steel flue through this, he's an experienced dry liner and assures me the board is what he normally uses for this job, if it is correct do I need to put a fire seal in between the board and the flue or is an intumescent mastic fine for the job ???? Any advice welcome....Thanks in advance !!

 

[dancinplumba]

hi goz, that would be fine you can use fire cement but it tends to crack with age
imo

 

[goz666]

Cheers fella, am glad about that I already have some in the van...lol..over your way tomoz M65 Gas services doing the Intergas one day course.

 

[dancinplumba]

good place, say hi to kevin from me 🙂

 

[goz666]

good place, say hi to kevin from me 🙂

dancinplumba, just another question am fitting this fire on thursday this week. There will be a joint between the metal flue and the flue liner hidden in the chimney, Do i need to put an access hatch in for flues in voids regs ??

 

[dancinplumba]

well, thats a good one ??? is it a void ? is it the builders opening ? is it chimney ?, thats funny cos i have a gas stove like that... maybe someone else on here could help out ??