chimney breast

  1. D

    Shared chimney repairs

    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...
  2. Jhutchinson1990

    Opening up the chimney - exposing the builders opening

    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...
  3. M

    Chimney Support Gallows in property I’m purchasing

    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...
  4. M

    Hygroscopic Salts on Chimney

    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...
  5. S

    Chimney breast damp issues

    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...
  6. J

    Bioethanol fires and non-combustible chambers

    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...
  7. H

    Cracked Stone Lintel above fireplace

    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...
  8. F

    Stud out chimney opening

    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...
  9. G

    First floor chimney breast removal

    I would like to know where the bracket or RSJ goes in this case. There are two floors plus a loft room. I own first floor and converted loft room. Downstairs has had breasts removed before they lived there. I would like to remove one. I need to get a structural engineer to look & do a drawing...
  10. A

    Chimney on party wall in loft looks in bad condition - will it support the stack?

    We are renovating a 250 year old granite terraced cottage, and when we have gone to strip back and replaster the room on the 2nd/attic floor (which was converted to bedrooms years ago) we have found this (see picture) at the top of one gable wall. The granite and the brick sitting on top of the...
  11. G

    Cooker in chinmey breast - can I duct up the chimney?

    Evening, I have opened up the chimney breast in my ~100yr old house kitchen to put in a oven and hob. The plan is to install a canopy extractor. Ducting through the kitchen is proving a nightmare due to it being on the party wall and various other constraints, some structural. Anyway, several...
  12. O

    HELP PLEASE: dripping chimney that can’t solve

    Hi guys, Please help me, I’m desperate for some advice. We live in an 1890’s mid terrace with an open fireplace into our bedroom, when we have rain we get drips coming straight down the fireplace and into the bedroom and I can’t for the life of me work out where the water is coming from and...
  13. D

    False chimney breast around cassette (hole in wall) gas fire

    I am getting a balanced flue, hole in the wall, gas fire fitted soon. It will be installed on four legs against a flat wall. To save some money I will build the chimney breast around it myself. I know to use metal studwork, and I think fire resistant (pink) plasterboard will suffice. The...
  14. D

    Ventilation query fora sealed / Bricked up Fireplace

    Hi guys. New user....hope you can point me in the right direction. One of my rooms on the ground floor (of terraced house) has a bricked up fireplace but the chimney was not capped. I had that done a few years after moving in as paint work started flaking on one of the chimney's adjacent...
  15. Pumpkin00

    Plaster or plasterboard chimney breast after damp repair?

    My chimney breast had severe rising damp and damp patches all around skirting board level. I found that the hearth was completely made up of soil, so I dug it all out and laid a damp proof membrane and concrete hearth. I'm now looking to have the chimney breast replastered (well, preferably...
  16. T

    What to use to plug the gap between back wall / fireplace edges

    We're slowly restoring our fireplace so it's bare brick! What do you lot think is best to plug the gap around the fireplace from where we removed the original breast plaster? Will bonding coat do the job? Cheers!
  17. StephenStephen

    General ideas on finding sourse of damp inside chimney

    We opened up an old chimney, and have had a woodburner installed (with a flue) We have a damp patch on the back of the fireplace recess (about 4' above the hearthstone), which was there for some time before the burner install, and is still there some months afterwards. We find drips of water on...
  18. M

    Chimney breast damp

    Hi guys and gals, We moved into a property last May, and on the first day we saw a damp patch that had pulled the plaster away from the wall on the chimney breast in an upstairs bedroom. The wall seemed dry and there were signs of repair so we had the room full plastered and a damp sealant...
  19. T

    Open up space where backboiler was in chimney breast...

    I bought a house a week or so back and after opening up the fire place, I noticed that there has been a back burner in there. I want to make the opening larger, but I'm not sure if it is ok to bash away some bricks or not. What do you think? I'm guessing that the space was bigger originally...
  20. P

    Stone cottage and breached chimney

    I am renovating a 100 year old stone cottage in Ireland. The property has not been lived in for about 5 years so there was a big condensation/damp problem. After pulling back some of the plasterboard (within an extension connected to the 100 year part) I could see that the base of the old stone...
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