Hi everyone,
I've just had the chimney stack removed to below the rafters. The brick corbels on the remaining chimney are still intact and holding up the purlin ends but I would sleep better (in the room below) if the purlins had additional support.
I'm thinking of adding a new 6x2" (or steel plate) sat on the remaining chimney brickwork and coach bolted to the purlins either side - overlapping each purlin by say 2ft. There's no support underneath without beams into the party wall(the chimney is in the middle of the house - not on the party wall).
Any help much appreciated,
Paul
I've just had the chimney stack removed to below the rafters. The brick corbels on the remaining chimney are still intact and holding up the purlin ends but I would sleep better (in the room below) if the purlins had additional support.
I'm thinking of adding a new 6x2" (or steel plate) sat on the remaining chimney brickwork and coach bolted to the purlins either side - overlapping each purlin by say 2ft. There's no support underneath without beams into the party wall(the chimney is in the middle of the house - not on the party wall).
Any help much appreciated,
Paul
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