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    Builders opening

    Thanks, I will be able to comply with HETAS guidelines if I expand the builder's opening by half a brick on each side. My concern is whether I can do this without collapsing the main throat. Photos here show what I mean :
  2. front

    front

    You can see the line I've chased in which I hope to take out now that I've put in a lintel above
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  3. chimney throat

    chimney throat

    No apparent knitting of bricks into the front or rear wall
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    Builders opening

    Hi, have a question regarding fireplace expansion in readiness for a log burner. I've already removed plaster and replaced the old brick arch lintel with a concrete one but, as I was about to start taking a half brick out on either side, I'm concerned that the chimney throat is supported by...
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    Fireplace

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