Structural engineer recommendation

[1TwoOne]

Hello all,

Long time lurker - first time poster

Wanted to tap into the wealth of wisdom here by asking if anyone can recommend me either a structural engineer or building surveyor professional to advise me in the procedure of removing an entire chimney, i.e inside and out, the breast/flue/stack etc the whole shebang.

Having googled/yellow pages for SE/BS, I am yet to find anyone cheaper than £400+VAT but have read on here that other folk have found someone @ £80/90+VAT?


I have spoken to my LA buildings control regs and know that I need to submit a drawing that shows how I plan to support the remaining walls/structure of the house in order for BC to sign off on the work and I think the proposal myself is fairly straightforward as it is a detached house (so no PWA involved) and I am planning on removing the whole thing rather than leaving one floor in tact and thus requiring support such as RSJ/ Gallows Bracket, but any further advice/reccommendations would be much appreciated!


FYI my house is in Slough, Berkshire



Thank you in advance and if you need any further info on the house - ask away and I will try to post pics up v. soon

 

[tony1851]

If you are taking the whole lot out, why would you need input from an SE?

 

[1TwoOne]

If you are taking the whole lot out, why would you need input from an SE?

I did say this to BC but they still asked me for plans etc so I'm unsure myself - perhaps another call to the planning dept to double check what regs are needed to sign off the complete removal of the chimney is in order...



thanks for your input

 

[tony1851]

If you do it under the Building Notice procedure (instead of Full Plans), you don't need to send a drawing in.

It would be unusual for a chimney removal to be done under Full Plans. The only thing they could reasonably expect to check would be the infilling of the floor and ceiling?