Hi there,
We have just started to remove a brick chimney stack in the house, we have removed the entire section down to the upstairs floor. However it appears that 2 of the concrete joists for the floor are resting on the stack, if we remove the stack these the joists will of course be unsuported! The rest of the joists run to the lounge supporting brick wall which the chimney stack is built against. so my question is how do i extend these joists to be supported by the lounge wall?
They only need extending by about 2 foot. my initial thought was to buy some new wooden joists and run these along side the two concrete joists and then drill and bolt them together every foot length. One problem i see with that, is that the concrete joists are not sqaure which would tilt the wooden joists when bolted together.
If anyone has come accross this problem before or has a solution i would be very greatful.
Regards,
Lee
We have just started to remove a brick chimney stack in the house, we have removed the entire section down to the upstairs floor. However it appears that 2 of the concrete joists for the floor are resting on the stack, if we remove the stack these the joists will of course be unsuported! The rest of the joists run to the lounge supporting brick wall which the chimney stack is built against. so my question is how do i extend these joists to be supported by the lounge wall?
They only need extending by about 2 foot. my initial thought was to buy some new wooden joists and run these along side the two concrete joists and then drill and bolt them together every foot length. One problem i see with that, is that the concrete joists are not sqaure which would tilt the wooden joists when bolted together.
If anyone has come accross this problem before or has a solution i would be very greatful.
Regards,
Lee