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what materials are safe to use to build your own fireplace, with a solid fuel fire?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This would be coverred by building regulations. There are a whole bunch of these dealing with fires and chimneys making up "Part J". They're not all that scary but there are a lot of them and you should know what they are.
you can read all the literature here: http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_buildreg/documents/divisionhomepage/br0050.hcsp
Also remember that you need adequate ventillation which normally means an air brick
This site also has a lot of usefull stuff:
http://www.solidfuel.co.uk/frame/main.html