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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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    There may be a reason why fireplaces are generally against an outside wall or paired up on opposite sides of an internal wall.

    I think it's only a matter of architectural convenience - we've got a fireplace against an internal wall with nothing corresponding on the other side in our 1910 build house (indeed duplicated on the floor above as well) - I suspect down to site layout which means we have windows front & side rather than front & back so the layout of the rear rooms are at 90 degrees compared with the front ones.

       - Andy.

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    There may be a reason why fireplaces are generally against an outside wall or paired up on opposite sides of an internal wall.

    I think it's only a matter of architectural convenience - we've got a fireplace against an internal wall with nothing corresponding on the other side in our 1910 build house (indeed duplicated on the floor above as well) - I suspect down to site layout which means we have windows front & side rather than front & back so the layout of the rear rooms are at 90 degrees compared with the front ones.

       - Andy.

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