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I borrowed an inspection camera and drilled some holes in it to try and see more of what's going on but it turns out the whole thing is just plastered over brick. No gallows brackets to be found.

The chimney is in the back left corner of the house looking from the street. I also have a photo of inside the roof. It's just behind the red cylinder. Getting an SE to look at before we do anything does sound sensible.

What would be the plan if I wanted to at least make room for cabinets in the kitchen? I guess a gallows bracket higher up is probably a bad idea? Outside looks like this

I think you're right, it would explain why the vent is so high up too. The area under the vent definitely sounds hollow.

Definitely goes back more than 4 inches, it was just full of crap, such as a copy of the Mirror from 1961.

I did a bit more poking and it seems like there's a void about 4 inches deep behind the vent. Which also happens to about how deep the chimney breast is.

Many decades ago someone decided to remove this chimney breast from my kitchen. They seem to have given up halfway through the ground floor and just left it there. 20220213_085138 by ouchy posted 13 Feb 2022 at 9:15 AM The stack was also removed and it's been capped. It's in a corner between a...

1. It depends on how (or even if) they reply to the letter, how long the survey takes etc. Often you can start earlier if your neighbours are OK with it. 2. Yes, it's called an agreed surveyor. 3. Yes you both have to agree to sharing the same surveyor. Either of you can arrange it and the...

The whole house is a bit of a weird mash of DIY projects. He also made all the sash windows, kitchen cabinets and fitted wardrobes himself. There would be a support structure under the floor if it was originally load bearing and I'm pretty sure there isn't one.

There are some spots where I can get a butter knife in maybe 4-5mm which I guess means it's not survived totally unscathed. It might have been wet for quite a while. There is definitely some discoloration. There's a post at one end of the long span that's stayed by a shorter span that anchors...

Get some 2 part wood repair epoxy, sand it down by hand to be flush with the rest of the floor. Stain it.

My brother renovated this house about 20 years ago and took out a wall he claims was definitely not load bearing. Recently we had a bit of leak in the bathroom which resulted in a big chunk of plaster falling apart in the kitchen below and some new hairline cracks appearing in the plaster around...