Is this a fake chimney?

Deleted member 137318 · 30 Jun 2020

I have a Victorian house built around 1880 and it has this stack in the basement. There is no flue (the bricks just carry on round) so I was wondering what it's purpose was? Clearly there couldn't have ever been a fire in it so I assume it was purely decorative and needed to support the stacks above it. Anyone got any ideas?

Tigercubrider · 30 Jun 2020

Not a "fake" but an arch to hold the rest of the chimney stack up.
If you took it out, your chimney would come down

diytry20 · 30 Jun 2020

Tigercubrider said:
Not a "fake" but an arch to hold the rest of the chimney stack up.
If you took it out, your chimney would come down

Yep this. Looks like this is supporting what's above it. Keeping using for shelves

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Is this a fake chimney?

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