Hi Guys
I have a 1950’s detached chalet bungalow and want to make a modification to the chimney breast in the kitchen.
We have recently had a new central heating boiler installed in the garage and the old boiler removed from the chimney breast. This was an old freestanding Kingfisher gas unit fitted in the 1970’s and presumably replaced some sort of solid fuel boiler/fire.
Removal of this unit has left a hole 36 cm deep 76 cm across and 150 cm high. As we have a very small kitchen I would like to raise the height of the aperture to about 2mts so I can fit a 2’3 x 6’6” 15 light glazed door to make display cabinet.
As you can see from the photo there is a 70cm thick concrete slab across the full width and depth of the aperture with about a 15cm hole in the centre for the old flue liner.
The questions are: Will a substantial lintel across the door frame be enough or will it have to be a full depth affair?
Would this sort of modification usually require building regs?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v639/allan1066/?action=view¤t=chimneybreast.jpg
I have a 1950’s detached chalet bungalow and want to make a modification to the chimney breast in the kitchen.
We have recently had a new central heating boiler installed in the garage and the old boiler removed from the chimney breast. This was an old freestanding Kingfisher gas unit fitted in the 1970’s and presumably replaced some sort of solid fuel boiler/fire.
Removal of this unit has left a hole 36 cm deep 76 cm across and 150 cm high. As we have a very small kitchen I would like to raise the height of the aperture to about 2mts so I can fit a 2’3 x 6’6” 15 light glazed door to make display cabinet.
As you can see from the photo there is a 70cm thick concrete slab across the full width and depth of the aperture with about a 15cm hole in the centre for the old flue liner.
The questions are: Will a substantial lintel across the door frame be enough or will it have to be a full depth affair?
Would this sort of modification usually require building regs?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v639/allan1066/?action=view¤t=chimneybreast.jpg