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Hi, we recently purchased an 1800s stone built house and are in the process of restoring it and bringing back some of the features.
In the master bedroom the chimney breast has been blocked up and plastered over and we want to restore it. We have found an old victorian bedroom fireplace and need to open up the builder opening.
When we have taken the plaster off, the brick built chimney breast is in terrible condition - when the chimney was filled it appears that all the support for the lintel was removed on one side so the wall has partially given way and is starting to crack in the familiar 'pyramid' way you would expect when a lintel fails. The right hand side of the lintel is resting on a single skin of brick which is dubious at best and the left has side is floating - most of the weight seems to be resting on the bricks used to block it up.
We obviously need to get this repaired and wanted to get some opinions on what order to tackle this in...
I am considering using strong boys to prop the right hand side of the fireplace first and to rebuild that corner as a double thickness. Then once that has set, prop the wall above the lintel and remove it, and as much of the broken wall as possible, then replace the lintel and rebuild the wall above before installing the fireplace and replastering.
Thoughts? Thanks
In the master bedroom the chimney breast has been blocked up and plastered over and we want to restore it. We have found an old victorian bedroom fireplace and need to open up the builder opening.
When we have taken the plaster off, the brick built chimney breast is in terrible condition - when the chimney was filled it appears that all the support for the lintel was removed on one side so the wall has partially given way and is starting to crack in the familiar 'pyramid' way you would expect when a lintel fails. The right hand side of the lintel is resting on a single skin of brick which is dubious at best and the left has side is floating - most of the weight seems to be resting on the bricks used to block it up.
We obviously need to get this repaired and wanted to get some opinions on what order to tackle this in...
I am considering using strong boys to prop the right hand side of the fireplace first and to rebuild that corner as a double thickness. Then once that has set, prop the wall above the lintel and remove it, and as much of the broken wall as possible, then replace the lintel and rebuild the wall above before installing the fireplace and replastering.
Thoughts? Thanks
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