we're renovating our victorian terrace house,about 4 months ago we took out the gas fire and opened up the fire place fitting an Elm lintel with a view to fitting a wood burner.The lintel now appears loose and the new plaster in the alcove next to chimney breast is cracking.How can i rectify this and is the chimney likely to fall down, help please!
shrinking wooden lintel
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The wood lintel has shrunk which is to be expected if it wasn’t left to acclimatise in the room for some considerable time & then some. You cannot plaster over wood, it will fall off. You cannot use Gypsum plaster (or Gypsum based products) anywhere near a fire that will exceed 50 degrees C or it will fall off. The plaster cracking may be due to other factors & without knowing detail, I can’t say; perhaps a crap plasterer but I don't think your chimney is likely to fall down as a result.
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