Hi all,
A rare one this - I can find loads of people wanting to get rid of chimney breasts, but I need to make mine bigger!
I'm fitting a wood burner and would like to make the chimney breast deeper so that (a) I can install fitted cupboards either side, and (b) the hearth doesn't stick out comically and people keep tripping over it.
The existing chimney's only 37cm deep, the hearth is going to end up around 68cm deep. Ideally I'd like to add around 10cm to the chimney depth.
If it weren't for the fact that there's a wood burner going in, of course I'd stud it and plasterboard. But with the burner in, what other options do I have? Is it simplest build a block skin using breezeblocks, somehow keyed into the existing chimney?
Many thanks,
Russ
A rare one this - I can find loads of people wanting to get rid of chimney breasts, but I need to make mine bigger!
I'm fitting a wood burner and would like to make the chimney breast deeper so that (a) I can install fitted cupboards either side, and (b) the hearth doesn't stick out comically and people keep tripping over it.
The existing chimney's only 37cm deep, the hearth is going to end up around 68cm deep. Ideally I'd like to add around 10cm to the chimney depth.
If it weren't for the fact that there's a wood burner going in, of course I'd stud it and plasterboard. But with the burner in, what other options do I have? Is it simplest build a block skin using breezeblocks, somehow keyed into the existing chimney?
Many thanks,
Russ