Hi people i am just after some advice.
We have a 2 storey victorian town house which has a chimney breast both in the middle of the front room and then the bedroom above then into the 2nd floor bedroom. The same is in the back room of the house then running into the back bedroom above and then into the 2nd floor again were i think both chimney breasts must merge into one and then out of the roof. I assume they must merge as there is just the one stack on the roof. I am contempleting removing the breast in the back room and the bedroom above as we dont use any of the fire places and they will give us more room if they are removed. I am looking at getting a builder in but just wondered what happens really.
Will they support the chimney in the back bedroom above the ceiling line, this wont be a problem as i will be pulling the old lat and plaster ceiling in that room down.
Also with the chimneys merging into one on the top floor i assume as long as the builder supports the stack that we have removed this wont effect the chimneys in the front rooms.
Our house when built was the end terrace and then some years after a house was built attached to ours but i assume this wont effect the neigbours house?
Thanks for any help.
We have a 2 storey victorian town house which has a chimney breast both in the middle of the front room and then the bedroom above then into the 2nd floor bedroom. The same is in the back room of the house then running into the back bedroom above and then into the 2nd floor again were i think both chimney breasts must merge into one and then out of the roof. I assume they must merge as there is just the one stack on the roof. I am contempleting removing the breast in the back room and the bedroom above as we dont use any of the fire places and they will give us more room if they are removed. I am looking at getting a builder in but just wondered what happens really.
Will they support the chimney in the back bedroom above the ceiling line, this wont be a problem as i will be pulling the old lat and plaster ceiling in that room down.
Also with the chimneys merging into one on the top floor i assume as long as the builder supports the stack that we have removed this wont effect the chimneys in the front rooms.
Our house when built was the end terrace and then some years after a house was built attached to ours but i assume this wont effect the neigbours house?
Thanks for any help.