as before the extra brickwork isn't really doing anything as to whether the corbelled bit is, is another matter. But if I had to hazard a guess I would say it is probably self supporting. What did the SE say. Why not take it all down from the stack down to the ceiling if it is causing you that much worry
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Just weighing up the options from a cost / disruption point of view really .... I think we'll end up taking the lot out but if there's an easier way to make it safe I will.
The SE hasn't seen the naked photos yet as he's away for Easter ... He asked me to knock some more plaster off to see better what's happening but just thought I'd drop it here to see what you guys thought
It's clearly an attempt to cover up a structural problem ... My concern isnt just imminent collapse though, it's also that we need to somewhat load to the roof during the conversion and the purlin isn't keyed in to the gable, it's sitting on the side of the chimney stack
It was once supported by the gable but it's all decayed and been removed
Lol ... Did sound a bit wrong didn't it
Well he's seen the bare brick photos now has advised that because it's redundant the best course of action will be to remove it ...
This means that we might just get the stairs in
Any of you guys know roughly how much to take down a chimney stack to ceiling level ?
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Take it down, £4-£500 for the scaffold and then take it down yourself plus the cost of a skip, then piece the roof back in. Is there a shared stack above the roof line as the brick work on the neighbours side may need addressing too.
The roofer that's fitting the Windows is charging me £400 on top of the velux's to take it down and make good .....
Sounds like a fair deal to me
Sounds like a fair deal to me
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