Regulations for installing a Solid Fuel Fire

[numnum]

My boyfriend is doing up a house and we've bought a Charnwood Cove 2B fireplace

My boyfriend has re-done the partitions in the house to meausurments he'd researched for the restrictions/regulations for this and made a concrete floor for where the fire place will be, then he has bricked up the back of where the fire place will be as he had read this

He is now having doubts after reading many websites. But, all the websites seem to contradict each other

Can anyone advise us on what to do? We do not have a local HETAS to come and check the instulation is safe. I am not a huge DIYer so my information might not be completely the right wording

if anyone can help it would be appreciatied. i think a call to Charnwood tomorrow is needed

[sherrardk]

My husband sells and installs wood burning stoves but he isn't in for me to ask him - you could ring round a few installers and see if you can charm one of them into telling you for free (a couple of people have caught my husband out like that - he has been on the phone to them for ages!) Charnwood might tell you if you are lucky. Could also try Building Regs at your local council (I think that they can sign off a job as well as a HETAS engineer).

[AlBags]

The Regulations are pretty clear.
"Must be installed by a competent person"
The only thing is .. defining a 'competent person'
I have done a few. Last was a Valor Hamlet, before that a Clearfire.
The chimney construction, flue exit/connection and register plate are the most important bits! Just make sure sealed to reg plate with asb type rope, and exit does not create a hotspot, along with sufficient draw.