chimney

We noticed a leak by our chimney in the loft a few months ago when it rains. We have had the ridge tiles replaced and a new chimney cap placed to try and solve the issue. The next suggestion is repointing the chimney, though it’s not very obvious that this needs doing. Is there any other...

Hi all, Currently renovating 1930s house and started removing some plaster from a bricked up fire place to open in back up. Part way up the plaster changes from what looks like normal multi-finish to what looks like multi-finish with asbestos within it? Was asbestos ever used in wet plaster...

Hi, what kind of chimney cowl is available to prevent mice from entering, given mice can squeeze through 6-7mm holes? We have 3 gas chimneys in old vicortian semi we are looking to protect from mice entering. Thanks

The previous owners of our property converted the loft. When we were going through conveyancing we received a building control certificate stating that the loft conversion was done to standards, and was signed off. However I can’t see any evidence of a chimney breast within the loft space? I’m...

Hi there, looking for any advice and help. We have recently renovated our house (built in 1963), standard brick construction. When we moved in, we had a 70s mistermister type gas fire. We had this disconnected and the small builders opening plastered over. I have attached pictures, for...

Hi, looking for some guidance, this might be long because I don’t know if it makes sense! We had an old gas fire in our 70’s build house which we had removed (and capped off by a gas safe engineer), and were left with an ugly hole in the chimney breast. In the chimney breast is a metal...

Hi We removed the part of the chimney in our bathroom last year. (Did inform the neighbours) and the reminder was supported by the gallows brackets etc... neighbour was happy for us to remove the part of the chimney and all hunky dory. Build control passed the inspection and got the Completion...

Hi, we’ve moved into our first home (the 1st & 2nd floors of a Victorian mid terrace). Unfortunately we didn’t realise the downstairs neighbour was the worlds biggest stoner when we bought, the seller masked it very well. I’m waking up to the smell of cigarettes and weed on the top floor...

Hello The chimney breast and hearth have been removed on the ground floor. The chimney breast and hearth remain on the first floor, and the chimney breast goes up into the attic and onto the chimney outside. The chimney pots have been capped and have ventilation points. However there is no...

I have recently removed loads of chimney breast from the ground and first floor in my property. On the first floor and in the loft, the breast wasn't tied into the party wall so it was very easy to remove. Downstairs the breast was tied in to the random rubble wall and removing it was a...

Hi guys, I have an old dead and unused chimney in a renovation property, the stach has been removed to below the roof into the attic space and currently not capped, further down the chimneys that it served have all been fully bricked up as in not just the cave but the full depth of the...

Following the recent storms, we heard water dripping in our loft and discovered what looks like a slipped tile and an issue with the flashing round the chimney. We have a hole in the felt in the loft and you can see daylight. Also there was water coming down the chimney in the loft which now...

Hi all. I live in a house with 3 floors. The previous owners of our house removed a chimney breast in the loft (floor 3), and they also removed the chimney stack from the roof. However, on the lower floors (1 and 2) they left the rest of the chimney breast standing. This means we have a chimney...

Hi there, Recently I noticed that there are some water marks on the paintwork of one of the downstairs chimney breasts in my end of terrace house. Both breasts face the pathway on the outside of the house, i.e. not adjoined to the neighbouring property. Note that there's no issues on the breast...

We had our chimney capped and repointed during the summer, however have noticed a couple of damp patches at the front and to the side. the two discoloured/ brown bits are reading high (about 37/8) but everywhere else seems fine. anyone have any idea what else could be causing it or how to...

Hi, We've had our chimney breast opening widened (probably a brick wider than the builders opening) and the lintel replaced with a stronger one and moved higher up at the front. Some of the brickwork needed to be cut out. Is our chimney flue and the second/third row of bricks supported by the...

I have a cast iron fireplace installed and wanted to put a gas fire insert (one of the coal ones) into the bottom where the real coal would have sat and had a couple of questions. An old 1950's fire was taken out, and I have cut away some of the brick and filler to allow this cast iron (coa...

Hi My neighbour's roof tiles got damaged due to the bricks came off from shared chimney. The bricks came off from the neighbour's side of the chimney. As a precaution, the builder repointed the chimney and removed other bricks with a chance of future damage. Who is responsible to pay for the...

Hi, can anyone confirm whether the black stuff in the photos is mould? I think it may be mould but perhaps covered in dust, so I’m not sure. The photos are from an old disused fireplace that is now simply a hole in my bedroom wall with a breeze coming through it. I’m on the top floor with two...

Hey, Took the fireplace out and got left with what looks like a neat builders opening. Can this opening be extended if I add a new wider lintel? Extending only by 10cm each side. Can the gather/bricks inside be removed? What if sides of chimney breast are hollow? Seems like they might...