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As title - left the cracks but bits are starting to fall out now. Are they easy to replace? Just hack out & push in new ones?
Also - what do I need? Are pre-cut pieces (£45) necessary, do I need a cement? Should I replace them all or just the damaged side (back)?
Your thoughts appreciated.
(Clearview Vision 500 - 13 years old)
You can cement cracks together, are chimney sweep did it to ours for free. Not sure if its some special stuff though
I'm not sure about your particular stove, but in ours the stove inerds come out and the they just slide out.
On our Clearview the bricks are a nice snug fit so don't need gluing in at all - other makes may be different though. Probably best to get the specific ones for your stove rather than generic ones.
Edit; Just noticed that you're a man of taste too. I think the side bricks go in before the back brick, and if the latter is cracked it will probably fall apart when you take it out.
If I were you I'd buy a full set of new bricks and take the baffle plate out at the same time and give it a clean.
Inside of the stove will look like new afterwards 🙂
Love our Vision 500 and hoping to buy another for my office.
bricks ❓
I have no bricks in my stove 😯
You can cement cracks together, are chimney sweep did it to ours for free. Not sure if its some special stuff though
I wondered about that but since it's 13 years old I expect the rest might start cracking fairly soon, a refresh is probably wise.
On our Clearview the bricks are a nice snug fit so don't need gluing in at all
Thanks sharkbait - appreciate the reply, sounds like something I should be able to manage then.
I have no bricks in my stove
Come on, everyone has at least 1 in there. Where do you balance your pipe then?
sounds like something I should be able to manage then.
Really dead easy. I bought mine second hand for £700 off eBay. Got it home and stripped it apart, wire brushed everything, new door seal, baffle plate and fire bricks then resprayed it using Clearview's own paint. It looked like a new one!
Only thing that was wrong with it was the thread that the door handle goes into was worn and sloppy. Last autumn I took the door to a local precision engineering guy and he drilled the existing thread out, re-threaded it and put a big stainless grub screw in which was then threaded for the door handle. Did the lot for £10 and it's a brilliant fix which will probably outlast the stove but easily fixed if it wears again.
Cheers all - might even attempt the rope door-seal..
Our Dunsley stove has vermiculite boards that seem to be super fire resistant, the back boards are trapped by the side ones which are just held by bent tabs. These boards don't weigh much and can be cut with a hand saw. They are quite expensive though.I have used a company called Hotline chimneys and been happy with their service (nothing to do with them but a satisfied customer )vermiculite board is in the stove and fireplace care section.