On the left is the big wooden beam holding up the chimney breast. The framework is filled with Rockwool Firerock panels, which is supposed to be pretty well heat-proof, and the aluminium tape is the special high-temperature stuff too.
The frame is mortared to the rough stones of the chimney - as well as being screwed to the sides. Without the mortar there were quite substantial gaps were the stones weren't level.
The centre panel is just sheet steel: I cut the hole with a jigsaw. But the final (top) bit of the chimney is still just a bit temporary. I was short about half a meter of stainless pipe in 150mm, and I have ordered that from the builders' merchants in Aurillac. In the meantime there's a short section of 140mm pipe there instead. Later in the year I hope to put the flexible flue liner in too, but for the moment the fire will do very well as it is - in fact, what there is now is simply an improved version of what has been there for the last 50 years.
Hopefully though it will be a lot less drafty. I am waiting for a cold day so I can light the fire.
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