Help calculating gallows brackets for one side of chimney

[mikeyw]

Hi,

I'm converting a basement of a 3 storey terrace into a flat.

I'd like to remove the lower 2/3rds of one side of a chimney breast wall to allow a bed to sit flush to the wall.

My structural engineer wants to design it and produce a drawing at significant cost i'm sure. Surely there are ways to calculate the gallows bracket requirement here ?

Anyone know a way to do this ?

Here's the sort of brackets we'll use.

http://www.gallowsbrackets.com/gallows_brackets.htm#TypeA

TIA,
Mike.

 

[tony1851]

If you're doing this with Building Control, you first need to check with your BCO that gallows brackets are acceptable in principle. Some authorities do not accept them and insist on a wall-to-wall steel beam.