Buying a house and just had a good look round it. Early 70s semi, needs a lot of decorating etc. There is a gas fire in the living room downstairs, but no chimney breast - I believe the flue is somehow flushed in to the party wall.
In the front bedroom upstairs, there is a vertical bit where the plaster has all blown and cracked. I peeled a bit back and it's only maybe 4mm thick and I can see the breeze blocks behind it (but no sign of the flue?!)
In the loft directly above the affected area I can see a pipe emerge and snake across to the top of the roof and outside there's a ridge tile with a vent in it right where the flue terminates
Basically, how much of a problem is this? Am I looking at a re plaster job or something worse potentially? I can't see the state of the plaster around the fire itself as its covered in a load of 70s style wooden cladding. The plaster that has blown though does look original so has it maybe just gone with age and the heat?
In the front bedroom upstairs, there is a vertical bit where the plaster has all blown and cracked. I peeled a bit back and it's only maybe 4mm thick and I can see the breeze blocks behind it (but no sign of the flue?!)
In the loft directly above the affected area I can see a pipe emerge and snake across to the top of the roof and outside there's a ridge tile with a vent in it right where the flue terminates
Basically, how much of a problem is this? Am I looking at a re plaster job or something worse potentially? I can't see the state of the plaster around the fire itself as its covered in a load of 70s style wooden cladding. The plaster that has blown though does look original so has it maybe just gone with age and the heat?
