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We’re having a multi fuel stove fitted but I was trying to save a few quid by opening up the fireplace and setting the hearth and mantelpiece myself. Am I correct in thinking the breeze blocks are holding the bricks above up? … we like the idea of having the back and side bricks exposed but...

… thinking about it, my dining room still has an original cast iron fireplace. I’m now wondering if this room had one originally too; perhaps being cast iron they were actually structural and helped support the chimney stack.

You can just about make out a thin rusty wire one level of bricks above the breeze blocks, where the original bricks begin …. I think the bricks sat on-top of the breeze blocks where added with the breeze block as they look different and are narrower…

Hi, any advice would be much appreciated! I began to open up my old 1860s fireplace but things haven’t gone as planned! My house has a full height three room basement, complete with an untouched builders opening. As you can see, the basement opening is supported by a brick arch. The room...