Hello.
I have opened up a fire place on the first floor of a 1900 victorian property. There seems to be a bottomless hole where the old fireplace would have been? I assume that the chimney stack is hollow and whoever built the property filled it with rubble and bits of wood etc.
I was going to...
Just going to open it up to the red line and build in some shelving. The room is quite small so thought I would turn it into some storage space short of going and removing the chimney.
Am i right in thinking that it would be safe to remove the new bricks without installing a new lintel or any...
Thanks for the reply. It is a single flew and it goes straight up into the loft up through roof. There isn't anything below the chimney stack. The door to to rear garden is directly below. The photo below shows it with the hearth. I think the bricks within the red line are new therefore assume...
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I have a 1900 Victorian property that i am in the process of fixing up. I have already opened up a fireplace in the living room but now looking to open up an existing fire place in the small rear bedroom.
The fireplace is only 250mm deep and 530mm wide therefore I'm not to sure if I...