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Hi all, we have just bought our first house and there is a chimney breast in the dining room that is hollow when knocked on. We would like to knock it down but will need to get surveyors In to let us know it isn’t structural.
there is no breast upstairs (but there is a small gap and false walls between the two bedrooms where there are thin built in cupboards) and there is a stack in the loft that needs to be removed (as survey said).
any clues why such a large chimney breast would be there and what we might find behind?
house is approx 75 yrs old and a of cavity wall construction (was prc before remedial work).
only photo I can find at the moment but I’ll add a better one shortly!!
thanks I’m advance!
there is no breast upstairs (but there is a small gap and false walls between the two bedrooms where there are thin built in cupboards) and there is a stack in the loft that needs to be removed (as survey said).
any clues why such a large chimney breast would be there and what we might find behind?
house is approx 75 yrs old and a of cavity wall construction (was prc before remedial work).
only photo I can find at the moment but I’ll add a better one shortly!!
thanks I’m advance!