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Can anyone help - need to do this on a shoe string tho!
I live in a 1920's 2up 2down terraced brick built house with an entry 1 side and solid to neighbours the other side.
I want to remove the chimney breast from my kitchen only. the house has a chimney stack that meets next doors chimney stack over the entry.
in the kitchen the fireplace is in the middle of the wall goes up slightly then turns 45degrees left, then 45degrees right to go vertical (where it joins the front room chimney breast).
I am thinking i can remove all the breast in the kitchen to just below 1st floor level, support 1 edge with a steel to take the front edge of the stack with 2 smaller steel coming of it to support the sides of the stack. i have double solid brick walls of which i will take the inner layer out to slot the steel into for support then obviously brick up around the steels
any comments or suggestions on this would be of interest please.
dan
Can anyone help - need to do this on a shoe string tho!
I live in a 1920's 2up 2down terraced brick built house with an entry 1 side and solid to neighbours the other side.
I want to remove the chimney breast from my kitchen only. the house has a chimney stack that meets next doors chimney stack over the entry.
in the kitchen the fireplace is in the middle of the wall goes up slightly then turns 45degrees left, then 45degrees right to go vertical (where it joins the front room chimney breast).
I am thinking i can remove all the breast in the kitchen to just below 1st floor level, support 1 edge with a steel to take the front edge of the stack with 2 smaller steel coming of it to support the sides of the stack. i have double solid brick walls of which i will take the inner layer out to slot the steel into for support then obviously brick up around the steels
any comments or suggestions on this would be of interest please.
dan