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Thanks so much for all your advice, tell80! I forgot to say that we're three storeys up so luckily all beams are dry and the hearth is a slab of Yorkshire stone. We've been in touch with a fireplace builder and they've said that the stone, although cracked, is very secure. The gas supply has...

Hi, I've just uncovered the third fireplace in my 1860s terrace. The first two I uncovered are lovely stone fireplaces, all straightforward and easy to clear out and fix up, with nice even slabs of York stone as their lintels. The third one is unlike any lintel I've ever seen as it's got the...