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Wiring in the room behind an open flame fire

Wend Lawson

Looking to install an open fire with chimney grate etc.  On the other side of this install in the room behind there are sockets on the wall, (telephone and a couple of double sockets) direcdtly behind where the fire will be installed in the other room.  Are there any regulations around this?  Cannot find anything stating that this wouldn't be allowed.

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    OlympusMons said:
    Note that in Victorian properties the thickness of the back of fireplaces was often only one skin thick and the brickwork was usually poor as it would never be seen. Also products of combustion of solid fuel fires attacked the mortar between the bricks so great care needed when reusing such chimneys.

    In the space under the stairs in the terrace house I was raised in was where we hung coats and kept paint and DIY stuff. We could look through the deteriorated joints in the brickwork and see the flames in the fire place of the next door neighbour. I don’t ever remember concern being expressed by my parents which was strange as dad had us all drilled in our fire escape routine. Perhaps we have a different slant on danger in this more enlightened time.

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    OlympusMons said:
    Note that in Victorian properties the thickness of the back of fireplaces was often only one skin thick and the brickwork was usually poor as it would never be seen. Also products of combustion of solid fuel fires attacked the mortar between the bricks so great care needed when reusing such chimneys.

    In the space under the stairs in the terrace house I was raised in was where we hung coats and kept paint and DIY stuff. We could look through the deteriorated joints in the brickwork and see the flames in the fire place of the next door neighbour. I don’t ever remember concern being expressed by my parents which was strange as dad had us all drilled in our fire escape routine. Perhaps we have a different slant on danger in this more enlightened time.

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