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I have just bought a Victorian terrace house. The surveyor flagged in the report the chimney breast was removed and the chimney stack in the loft seems like being supported by gallows brackets. The surveyor cannot get into that part of the loft so he suggested me to hire a structural engineer to make sure the stack is well supported and safe there.
I have already committed to buy the property so it is now my problem instead of the seller.
I have got the keys to the house and get into the small space to look at the supporting structure myself. It doesn't look like a gallows bracket to me. It seems it is supported by some brick. The seller cannot provide any documentation of the work so I believe there is no building control approval.
I am going to hire a structural engineer but would like to get some idea of how bad the situation is.
1) Is it a gallows bracket? Is the stack actually being supported at all?
2) If it is not safe, what options do I have to remedy this?
Thank you so much!
I have already committed to buy the property so it is now my problem instead of the seller.
I have got the keys to the house and get into the small space to look at the supporting structure myself. It doesn't look like a gallows bracket to me. It seems it is supported by some brick. The seller cannot provide any documentation of the work so I believe there is no building control approval.
I am going to hire a structural engineer but would like to get some idea of how bad the situation is.
1) Is it a gallows bracket? Is the stack actually being supported at all?
2) If it is not safe, what options do I have to remedy this?
Thank you so much!