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Chimney & Fireplace
Removal of chimney breast
Anonymous user 1 March 2024 - 2.57 PM
We want to remove a large, curved chimney breast from the bedroom upstairs, but we want to keep the large inglenook fireplace in the lounge for a wood burner. We’ve been advised that a double flue can be installed but this will still jut out 40 cm from the wall. This is too much in a tiny room. Is there any other way we can remove the chimney breast without it protruding so much? The property is in a conservation area so doing anything to the exterior may be problematic.
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2 Answers
Norfolk Flames
If you still want to use the wood burner in the inglenook fireplace and you can’t run an external twin wall flue for conservation reasons then having a twin wall flue run through the bedroom is unavoidable. The flue would likely be around 200mm in diameter and then requires clearances to combustibles so 400mm sounds like a reasonable space required upstairs. Might be worth asking the conservation authorities if anything can be done externally if you can’t lose the space upstairs.
Answered20 December 2021
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Cardiff chimney sweeps
There’s not a lot you can do as we must follow the regulations even with the twin wall flue going through the bedroom you need a cage around it , it would be a lot safer and easier to leave the breast
Answered20 December 2021
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