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Removing Bedroom Chimney Breasts
Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.33 PM
I want to remove the chimney breasts in both the first floor master and spare bedrooms, but keep the ones on the ground floor living and dining room. Will the chimneys below on the ground floor be perfectly fine? And am I right in thinking I would also have to remove the chimney all the way up to the loft? If so, would that mean also having to remove the stacks on the roof? Edit: I've done a bit more research, and it looks like I would have to support the loft chimney with an RSJ, or "Gallows Brackets" (which don't seem too popular with building control).
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Anonymous user
If you’d like to remove the chimney in the first floor bedrooms, you’d have to support the chimney above (in the loft space), an RSJ would be your best course of action. Once installing the RSJ you can remove the chimney below in both bedrooms; whilst keeping your chimney breast in the ground floor rooms. The ground floor chimney will be completely fine where it is. But unless you remove the chimney from above the roof, down through the loft to the ground floor, you’ll need to install an RSJ in your loft or 1st floor if you’re happy with a bulkhead in the room.
Answered31 March 2023
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Toasty Stoves
Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Need rsj. But it can be placed in the loft will make fire redundant
Answered5 April 2023
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House and home handyman service
Rating: 5 out of 5
The easy option would be to hire a roofer to take down the chimney stack and patch up the roof, once he's finished you can safely take down the loft chimney and bedrooms,
If you are connected to a neighbouring house where the chimneys are back to back you may need the advice of a structural engineer
Answered28 April 2023
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