chimney breast

Hi all, Thanks in advance for any help / advise it is all greatly appreciated. I appear to have damp in the upstairs chimney breast. The chimney has been removed from the roof and is open in the loft as is the fire place in the bedroom. This is an outside wall. I've had a roofer check the...

Hello! Recently bought my first house and I’m a total DIY novice. We had a gas fireplace removed (the kind that sits midway up the chimney breast and looks like a Tv),and had the gas capped. Our plan was to just use the recess as a feature in the chimney breast, as we do not want a new gas...

Hi Guys, Just wanting some advice on a loft chimney breast support. At this moment in time i haven't actually gone into the loft to measure it, but the breast runs down of course from the roof, loft, into bedroom 1 and the living room. The idea is to take it out of the bedroom to allow for...

Hi all! I'm opening up a fireplace, ready to accept a wood burning stove. Property is 1918. It's clear it's been chopped about over the years. At some point it seems to have had some kind of large inset fire or similar installed. I haven't been able to quite figure out what it was (any...

Hey everyone, I've just taken out the hearth in one of my first floor bedrooms and discovered two concrete slabs built into the wall. They're really solid & sturdy, but I'm not sure how far they are built into the wall. I was wondering if I could run my noggins directly off of them instead of...

Hello there, I’m wanting to add a spur to a socket that’s on a ring circuit, the socket I’m spurring off is in the skirting board and in the alcove on the right of the chimney breast. It’s on a 32a RCD. I’m after some help and ideas in the best plan of attack to route the wire as I can’t come...

Hi all, We have a Victorian terrace where we have 2 damp walls around a chimney breast that has been opened (we planned on using it for storage). We thought the bathroom behind iy was leaking but we ahave since ripped that out and can't find a culprit. When there is heavy rain, we do get some...

Hi, In the process of purchasing a LG 55CX OLED and looking to mount this on a cantilever mount. I've been recommended Sanus mounts, but none of their mounts seem to say they’re suitable for mounting on a brick wall The chimney is unused (and the alcoves either side are too small for the 55")...

Hi folks, Advice very welcome - I have a heavy mirror that I need to install on my living room chimney breast. 1950's/60's build so assuming plaster on brick? I think...? The mirror is round, 100cm in diameter, is about 20kg and has 2 x sawtooth bracket to hang on screws. See the pics...

Thinking about mounting our TV on our chimney breast and would like to ideally run the cables through the breast and out to one side of the alcoves. I'm just wondering what the best approach to this was and if it would cause any structural issues? Here's the chimney breast as it stands - red...

I live in Northern Ireland, and my wife and I are wanting to remove our current cast iron fireplace, and install a wood burning stove in its place. We also want the opening made larger, by about a foot in height, and about a bricks worth either side. We have been talking to a local stove...

Hi, New to this forum so apologies if posting a question straight away. We are in the process of buying a new semi detached house. The wife has got her brain fixed on getting the chimney breasts in the living room as well as upstairs removed. I am wanting to know + Whether I need to make...

Hey, l’ve been reading previous posts about shared responsibility for chimney stacks on terrace properties but they don’t seem to apply in my situation... I’m getting the front of the property repointed and also want to get the chimneys done. I share the freehold of the terrace house with my...

Hi, Decided to take on a project whilst in lockdown: remove a gas fireplace, mantel, surround and hearth (the easy bit) and fit a cast iron fireplace (decorative only, not going to burn anything), a new mantel and new hearth. We live in a terrace house id say is well over 100 years old. On the...

I recently had a Homebuyers survey on a property I’m looking to purchase. A Victorian cottage. It’s appears that one of the Chimneys was removed, and the surveyor has shown concern over how it’s supported in the loft space. There are also some redundancy brackets there too, and loose brickwork...

Hello We have a 1930s house and blocked the chimney 2 years ago as below. This is an external wall. Before Image0 by Monty_Stranger posted 29 Mar 2020 at 10:53 AM After Image1 by Monty_Stranger posted 29 Mar 2020 at 10:53 AM Mistake no1 - we didnt add a vent to the bottom - this has now...

Hi if anyone has any help or suggestions i would be really grateful. We have two chimneys,one is in use and one is not. The roof was re tiled last summer. At the moment we are noticing more and more damp patches in the bedrooms on both chimney breasts (see the photos). I'm not sure if it is a...

Hi guys, Looking to install a bioethanol fire in the house we have just purchased. The fire can be found here: https://www.easyfire.co.uk/douglas-black.html We will be building a false chimney breast as it is flue-less but we want it flush against a wall (hence the chimney breast) - online...

Hi, We have recently doing some work in our kitchen to open up a large chimney breast. We've hacked off most of the plaster and were very pleased to find a very large open fireplace. It was almost exactly what we were hoping for as we'd like to install a large range cooker in the chimney...

Morning all, Just looking for some advice on how to make good the inside of this chimney. I was hoping to just dot & dab the inside of the firebox but it the "builder" has left a bit of an awkward gap to square up so I need to stud it. (unless anyone has any other ideas). Basically just...