chimney stack

Hi all, looking for some advice on a shared chimney stack. We just purchased our terraced home and the survey found that the chimney breasts had been removed and the stack supported with a rubbish gallows bracket that has collapsed. The stack is currently resting on the ceiling of one room (so...

Hi, We are planning to do hip-to-gable loft conversion. We have our chimney attached to the party wall but there is no chimney on the neighbour's side of the party wall (he has stairs on the other side of the party wall). We want to go ahead and remove the chimney stack above the roof and in...

Hi all, I’m hoping for some advice. This morning the other half walked under the loft hatch in the office and was dripped on. I went up there and found this. I’ve called some local roofers and have two coming out next week to quote. But, seriously, what is this I’m looking at. There’s...

I have a small amount of water coming through what looks like a crack in the render on the corner of my chimney inside my loft. My thoughts are to chisel away existing render in area and rerender. The problem the roof rafter that goes up is right against the chimney stack. Any suggestions how...

Hi All, I have had a quick Google and although I'm pretty sure I will need ventilation I just thought I'd ask for opinions. We have bought our first home, a bungalow with converted loft dormer. The downstairs has a nice big chimney breast with a square recess we would like to board up and turn...

Hi All, Builders are in the process of starting a loft conversion for me. My neighbour is still using one of his flus in the chimney so there is not an option of removing the chimney stack. A SE has suggested that he can support the stack with a beam which will allow me to remove the chimney...

Hi, In the last year we moved into a 1960s semi detached. The house has a chimney stack which is no longer in use but, from what I can see, has no vents. Over winter, we had some issues with condensation, one of which was on the chimney stack itself (see pictures, darker discolouring due to a...

Hi, We’re looking to have a new gas fire installed, to replace the old one that we have. The company we’ve been talking to has suggested that a fire we like can be installed but they would have to remove part or all of the gather. Is this legal, will it require building regulations and is it...

I live in Northern Ireland, and my wife and I are wanting to remove our current cast iron fireplace, and install a wood burning stove in its place. We also want the opening made larger, by about a foot in height, and about a bricks worth either side. We have been talking to a local stove...

I recently had a Homebuyers survey on a property I’m looking to purchase. A Victorian cottage. It’s appears that one of the Chimneys was removed, and the surveyor has shown concern over how it’s supported in the loft space. There are also some redundancy brackets there too, and loose brickwork...

Advice on damp needed please! We live in a house built circa 1900 - salt deposits have started appearing on the chimney breasts in the attic bedrooms - had several roofers out. One said the pointing on the stack was fine, another said needs re pointing, another said render the stack to...

Hi, quite newb here and need some advice. I have a 15kg mirror (it's oak, it's big!) I want to hang in the bedroom. It already has D-rings on it so I just need to put in something to hang it from. I'm 90% certain it's too heavy for regular 'tap in a nail' picture hooks. My house is a 1920's...

My house had lots of weird stuff going on. This is a picture of the secondary chimney stack, what's with this weird triangular chimney cover? I can't find any info or similar designs online, anyone know what this type of arrangement would be called? I'm going to be doing some work on the primary...

We are renovating a 250 year old granite terraced cottage, and when we have gone to strip back and replaster the room on the 2nd/attic floor (which was converted to bedrooms years ago) we have found this (see picture) at the top of one gable wall. The granite and the brick sitting on top of the...