Hi all,
I am in the early stages of planning a new kitchen. My house is c1910 and the room measures about 4m X 3m, but on one of the long walls there is a (disused) chimney breast about 1.2m wide and 0.5 deep (The same in the adjoining room)
I currently have a small cooker sitting in an enlarged opening with a recycling extractor above.
What I would really like to do is have the whole wall at the same depth (3m), with a range cooker sitting where the chimney breast is, and an extractor above venting up the chimney.
My question is: Is it possible to knock out the lower part of the chimney beast so that i have a flat wall up to about 2m, and then support the existing chimney breast above? and if so, how would this be acheived ?
Any replies gratefully received.
I am in the early stages of planning a new kitchen. My house is c1910 and the room measures about 4m X 3m, but on one of the long walls there is a (disused) chimney breast about 1.2m wide and 0.5 deep (The same in the adjoining room)
I currently have a small cooker sitting in an enlarged opening with a recycling extractor above.
What I would really like to do is have the whole wall at the same depth (3m), with a range cooker sitting where the chimney breast is, and an extractor above venting up the chimney.
My question is: Is it possible to knock out the lower part of the chimney beast so that i have a flat wall up to about 2m, and then support the existing chimney breast above? and if so, how would this be acheived ?
Any replies gratefully received.