Hey all, glad I found this forum!
I'm just in the process of removing the open fire from our living room.
I've remove the fire surround etc and I'm trying to establish if/where the original lintel is. Here is a photo:
So far, as hopefully is clear from the photo, there is just a pile of poorly placed bricks above the fireplace.
Later this week I'm going to chip away more plaster upwards in the hope (sooner rather than later) of coming across a lintel.
Is it normal that the lintel is so high?
I'm just a bit apprehensive since this is the first fireplace I have removed!
I'm just in the process of removing the open fire from our living room.
I've remove the fire surround etc and I'm trying to establish if/where the original lintel is. Here is a photo:
So far, as hopefully is clear from the photo, there is just a pile of poorly placed bricks above the fireplace.
Later this week I'm going to chip away more plaster upwards in the hope (sooner rather than later) of coming across a lintel.
Is it normal that the lintel is so high?
I'm just a bit apprehensive since this is the first fireplace I have removed!