The proposal is to incorporate a double fronted wood-burning stove in the chimney stack at ground level. This has involved knocking through from front to back of the chimney. Before that, we undertook repairs to the stack within the building, reinforcing it with helibars set into resin within the lime mortar coursing of the brickwork. This is now complete and starts to give a real feeling of connectivity between the spaces at ground level.
The old kitchen hearth 
The front room gas fire, now consigned to the tip!
The exposed brickwork in the chimney breast with helibars inserted every third course. 
The new hearth for the double fronted wood burning stove.
Looks amazing, Daryl. I’ll bet your wallet is in need of some repairs too!
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You’re not wrong Rob!! 🤨 but doing a lot of the graft myself is hopefully going to pay dividends!
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