No, no tiling, he has a logburner built by someone stupid out of 1/4 inch plate, and the only air ingress is through the front doors which also hold the logs in - so when you open them to get a draught the pub burns down!

Regulating airflow would be possible but too tricky for a temporary bodge.

All that is needed as an emergency measure is a metal grid (ie firebed) that we can prop the front of up a couple of inches to let air through underneath the fire so tha tit draws, leave the front door open a bit, the tilt keeps the logs on the fire! Maybe.

A whole log basket would be grand if there was one going to scrap (dammit, I gave one away 4 years ago), but otherwise you get my drift about using a storm drain grille.

I'll pop over and measure it now.