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aaront - Thanks for your advice; that is a possibility, we will ask the engineer about that tonight. We share a stack with our neighbours so we either have to get their consent, or cut the stack in half. If we didn't share, I wouldn't think twice about removing the stack - it's only visible...

Thank you very much everyone, that's really useful. We originally planned on taking out the chimney from ground floor to loft, but it seems there are complications so we are now considering only taking the breast out from downstairs - if that's the case, we can seal off the morning room &...

'solvent drain'? what's that?!!!

We have our hall, landing & stairs decorated and carpeted... if we have a chimney breast removed from upstairs and downstairs, are we going to have to redecorate? The builders are telling me how messy it will be but has anyone got any first hand experience, and or tips on how to reduce mess...

Thanks for your advice guys. The thinking behind moving the boiler is really re-sale value. We don't need to move it for our own needs, but our third bedroom has become irregular shaped because of the boiler cupboard & a chimney breast. It may be more hassle to remove the chimney breast...

Thanks everyone. Pieman - thanks for that, that's good advice. What we are maybe now considering is moving the boiler (which is also in the bedroom) and leaving the upstairs chimney breast in place. That will free up extra wall space which may solve our problem. I hadn't even thought of...

Ooh - can you do that then?

Ah, well - that would not be bad at all - I had estimated far more than that... thanks.

Hi there, wonder if anyone could give me advice? We are investigating the possibilty of having our Gas Central Heating boiler moved from an upstairs bedroom into a downstairs kitchen (which already is linked to the heating system). Obviously we will have this done by a qualified...

Oilman/Masona - we're just going to have to agree to disagree here! I understand your points entirely about keeping the chimney breasts/chimneys for asthetic & ventilation reasons, but we would still have two separate chimneys remaining & four properly working fireplaces when this is removed...

Hi TexMex, thanks for your diagram. I understand what you're saying, but we are not knocking out the upstairs wall, only the downstairs one. We knew we'd have to put an RSJ downstairs - we didn't know we'd have to put one upstairs as well (as second builder says). How can I explain this best...

Thanks guys. I was just thinking along the lines of "if a gallows bracket IS going to be sufficient, would raising a query that it wasn't make the surveyor also think that way just to be on the safe side". Oilman - when you say you'd keep the chimney, do you mean in it's entirety, i.e. you...

Hi guys, I wonder if anyone can help? I've had two lots of separate advice (therefore quotes!) on the best way to remove a chimney breast from ground & first floor in our house. We have a two downstairs rooms that we are knocking into one, thus taking out the whole wall with the chimney...

Thank you everyone. Yep, I am an Estate Agent. Apologies in advance! But I'm a nice one, I promise - I'm leading a one-woman revolt against cowboys in the industry :lol: Tom - I do agree with leaving things as they are wherever possible, but we have two young children and the house is...

Hi guys, thank you very much for your replies. I told you I was a novice :lol: - i certainly am to this forum, because I didn't make myself very clear - I am definitely hiring a builder to take out the chimney breast/wall etc - I am an enthusiastic decorator but I'm not going to do anything...

Hi there, first post! We have a Victorian semi, we want to knock through the morning room & kitchen. We are looking to take out a chimney breast in total, from the ground floor, first floor & stack. Is it worth trying to salvage some of the bricks? We want to try anyway to use some to...