Is my house going to fall down?

[scrivomcdivo]

OK..............I've moved into my new house and am getting a fire fitted next week. To help the fitter, I decided to know our the chimney breast a little more. Anyway, stupidly I knocked out a few bricks that were resting on the wooden plinth in the chimney breast; the plinth above the hole that supports the wall. I only knocked out 3 bricks but I'm really worried now as part of the chimney breast wall is "floating" and not resting on anything.

Can you offer any advice? Should I just put some cement between the wooden plinth and the bricks?

 

[^woody^]

I would be more concerned about having a 'wooden plinth' in the fire place.

I would caution about putting some cement between the bricks. Mortar yes, but not cement.

The best advice would seem to be ........ put the bricks back in

 

[scrivomcdivo]

The bricks are all chopped in half and stuff now. The fire fitter is coming on Monday next week. Should I just leave it for him to look at and rectify?

 

[Nige F]

let him have a look .....but 3 bricks in a row can`t do much harm ....