We are located at AB39 2UE and are looking for a quote for chimney works as part of a kitchen upgrade.

the directions can be found here on this website https://www.barras-blades.com/while-you-cake

Background: Our kitchen currently contains a redundant 4-inch liner from a previous oil-fired ESSE Century. This is in a chimney that is of concrete block construction and terminates in a traditional chimney pot. Currently, in the “fireplace,” there is a gas/electric stove cooker. The 4-inch liner is terminated above the cooker; there is vermiculite insulation around this. On the top of the chimney, there is a rain cowl placed there by a nice gent in a cherry picker for the price of a beer.

Project: We are planning to remove the current range and install an ESSE Bakeheart, which requires a 6-inch flue.

Requested Works:

1 Removal: Remove the redundant 4-inch liner.

2 Survey: Confirm the chimney can accommodate a 6-inch liner. We would like to verify the feasibility of this upgrade before we commit to the stove purchase.

3 Installation: If the survey is successful, supply and install a 6-inch liner, leaving it ready for the stove installation at a later stage. If this isn’t possible, then we can consider a 5-inch flue liner. I feel that a 6-inch liner should be no issue, but feelings aren’t facts.

⠀Site Access: Please be aware that the chimney is vaguely an arse to get to, as it is set into the roof back from the edge of the building. So, you’ll need some clever scaffolding or a cherry picker. Access to the garden is fine for a cherry picker.

If you have any ideas on how to work out beforehand if a 6-inch flue liner can be installed, then great.

The supply and installation of the stove will be later, probably next year, but we want to ensure it is feasible before we design a kitchen around it.

Pictures below

This is the end of the flue with the highly professional bubble wrap draft prevention device.

There is also a manky extractor fan and the cement board ceiling

I think the cement board is holding back the insulation around the liner

This is the current cooker

You can see the stainless steel splash back behind it. The cooker isn’t hard to remove as the gas is on a quick coupler and the electricity is simple to remove so this can be pulled to let you work

This looks old but it is concrete block construction

The floor is fooked so it will be ripped out and replaced

The view from outside of the chimney

As you can see loads of room to work around the house and you can drive pretty much anything you want down there.

The gas pipe goes into a steel plate which covered up the hole where the air vent was. this can be removed and the vent replaced as the gas cooker is moving around the corner in the kitchen.

PS it is not unusual for tradesmen to leave with remarkably sharp chisels