I have a 60s house with an internal chimney through the centre of the building. Strictly, i'm not installing a wood burner, as i'm putting a gas wood burner style Yeoman CL3 in there.
Having knocked the old one out, and pulled away the plaster, I can see that the lintel is doing very little at supporting the front wall so I need to sort that, and i'm planning to take 2 brick courses out to raise the height of the cavity however, I also would like to widen the aperture. It looks like the course to the left could be taken out fairly simply but i'm unsure as to whether I can make it any wider? Can it be done and would it need further supports in place to protect the side walls?
I must add that I wont be doing this myself as its a job too far for me, I dont want the internals falling down around the chimney!
Having knocked the old one out, and pulled away the plaster, I can see that the lintel is doing very little at supporting the front wall so I need to sort that, and i'm planning to take 2 brick courses out to raise the height of the cavity however, I also would like to widen the aperture. It looks like the course to the left could be taken out fairly simply but i'm unsure as to whether I can make it any wider? Can it be done and would it need further supports in place to protect the side walls?
I must add that I wont be doing this myself as its a job too far for me, I dont want the internals falling down around the chimney!
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