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Hi, I have three wooden sash windows in my 1st floor front room, all about 1 m wide and 2m high. They badly need renovating, paint is peeling and cracking, there are gaps, they rattle, sashes broken, boxes not in good condition etc. I would rather renovate than replace. not bothered about...

Thanks for that. When I queried him, he emailed me, copying in my builder saying that I said that the neighbours used a steel beam! I never said that or anything remotely like it. I can absolutey swear I didn't and was very shocked to read it. But the point is I could have said that the...

Thanks for your reply. That's my concern. The SE knew about next door and still did the calcs and drawings for gallows brackets. I feel uneasy about it as he is the professional, and will know 100 times more than I do about this, but he won't give me any reassurance that these will be...

Thank you both. My concern is that the support is suffcient for the load, and that it satisfies the freeholder, and building control. As I have to pay a fee to both for consideration. For the amount of space to be saved it wouldn't be financially sound to remove the whole stack on the...

Hi, I know I've posted below but I'm feeling stumped on this one. My local authority BC guidance states that if my neighbours have removed a chimney breast then it is unlikely that I could use gallows brackets if I remove mine and a steel must be used instead. My neighbour has removed...

Thanks for that. I've gone the informal route and got written consent from my neighbour. but what you have said about the use of gallows brackets concerned me also. I've been trying to find out what an engineer needs to consider when doing a calc, esp on a party wall property, and if they...

Hi, thanks, I think it will be too. Does it always have to be a party wall agreement or is it enough to get in writing that they don't object to the work being carried out, during reasonable hrs etc?

Hi, i am drafting a party wall agreement for my adjecent neighbours to notify them of removal of a chimney breast. The siting of the breast is not against our party wall at room level but in the roof space it turns at an angle and proceeds upwards to the stack that we share. I've got the...

My downstairs neighbours are really up for it. they wanted to get theirs taken out ages ago but wanted upstairs to do it at the same time. The person that owned this before me didn't want to do it because of the cost. My neighbours are gagging for me to get rid of mine as it will mean less...

Yes I see that. All the other rooms still have the chimney breasts intact and I wouldn't take them out. The chimney breast in the kitchen is a nice but quirky feature seeing as the room is so tiny and the opening is right up against the wall that sits 90 degrees to it. It basically rules...

I don't know. I imagine that it will have to be irreverable when it is taken out. I can only think anyone buying will feel that the previous owner has done them a favour seeing as it cuts into an already very small kitchen. What does happen in these circs? Do we have to bear in mind future...

Hi, thanks for that, that's really helpful. We share responsibility for the roof and the outside common areas I think according to my lease. Should I include in writing that my insurance companies have been notified etc?

Hi, thanks for your reply. I'm mid terrace but didn't think they would be affected as the wall is on an external wall not connected to either next door neighbours, and the kitchen chimney breast is in the middle of the flat?

It's highly unlikely given that the kitchen is 8' by 8' and the the chimney butts up against the wall where the kitchen door is but if they do then I suppose they won't be able to if the breast is gone, and definitely won't be able to if the current owners get theirs removed. Regarding the...

Mine is the flat directly under the roof. The chimney on top of the roof needs to stay due to preserving the look of the area, therefore the stack in the loft will be supported by a steel. My downstairs neighbours considered removing their chimney breast a few years ago but didn't proceed as...

Am I right in thinking I need a party wall agreement with my downstairs neighbours? I live in the upper flat (1st floor) of a 1890s purpose built flat. I will be removing a chimney breast in the kitchen (this doesn't affect neighbours to either side of me) This chimney breast carrys on...

Thanks for that. It's all plain glass and I want to replace all the panes, so they are safety glass, given that I have an pre-teen potential doorslammer! :lol:

I have this lovely victorian internal door. It has 4 glazed panels at the top half. One is cracked. The door is covered by about 20 layers of old gloss paint but I think the glass in held in by putty (it's all heavily painted over) It's the door to my children's room and obviously not safety...

Thanks for that John. I'll have a go as I can't get someone in to do it for me. I'll let you all know how I get on. I'm also putting up new architrave around the windows for the first time. One down (not too bad) 2 to go :lol:

It's the living room door (As I said :D ) The door fits at the bottom and at the top corner on the side where the hinges are. The other top corner is out by just over a 1cm. Sorry to sound so ignorant but what are stops and butts? Are they the internal lengths of wood that the door shuts...