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As work has progressed, we now find that there is a second shaft of the same kind running down the right hand side of the chimneys that serve the back rooms. I have Googled for diagrams of chimney construction but none of them had these shafts and I couldn't find any text references to them...

I live in a mid-1930s semi-detached house. We are currently having the loft insulation renewed and new flooring put down. Whilst preparing for the work, we discovered that a vertical brick shaft, about 12-15" square, runs down the left hand side of the chimney and seems to extend down the...