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The feather. Some of the bottom bricks are loose.

Aah that makes sense! Thanks. So the jumble I'm pretty ok to leave? The other brickwork is wobbly (the column bit). Should that be supported as it's no longer part of the larger structure below it? Thanks!

Thanks for this. We took everything back to brick and plastered with limelite lime based plaster (the closest we could get to lime on our budget). I'm happy to leave things alone if it's been like that for 50 years, I'm just not sure that's the case in this instance. I think the builders' have...

Here's the bedroom chimney. The darker patch is where the plaster was patched.

Hi Vinn Thanks for this. I've attached a pic of the front of the ground floor chimney. The bedroom fireplace is completely bricked up and plastered over so there's probs not much point. Does the chimney need sweeping even though we're not using it - we're venting directly out on the other...

Thanks John. That doesn't sound too bad a job. My first thought was some sort of brackets attached to the wall with something spanning the gap to support the bricks/rubble. I've just made that up though I'm not a competent DIYer! :-D Any other thoughts from anyone?

Hi We recently had a ground floor chimney breast opened up for the installation of a cooker. The appropriate steel has been placed across the top of the opening. However, I am worried about bricks and building materials higher up inside the chimney which don't appear to be supported with...

Rubble seemingly hanging in chimney. For first floor fireplace? Supported?

Flue on left. Column of bricks on right. Supported?

Photos of possibly unsupported bricks in chimney