Old Brick Chimney Breast

Removing an entire chimney stack and breast costs 2 000 4 000 on average.

Old brick chimney breast.

To do this you will need to remove a brick or bricks from the chimney breast or bricked up fireplace and insert an air brick in its place to increase ventilation within the chimney void a link to our removing a brick project can be found above this should help minimise any damp in your chimney breast that has been caused by poor ventilation. With 4 rooms of this house having chimney breasts i got lots of opportunity to try different ways of decorating them so in this post i want to share 10 chimney breast ideas to help get you inspired for ways to decorate yours. After an old fire surround and hearth has been removed the hole in the chimney breast can be bricked in to tidy up the wall. This brick wall encases the flu and other functional parts providing extra insulation and major structural support.

They were untouched and primed for us to experiment on with different chimney breast and alcove ideas. Sep 3 2015 creating your personal chimney breast. See more ideas about brick chimney breast brick chimney chimney breast. Can you remove a chimney breast with a shared party wall.

Unfortunately the breast has a habit of protruding into all the rooms it passes through. There is no need to remove the fireback from the fireplace although if a back boiler is fitted this should be removed once the plumbing has been isolated and disconnected. Here s how we removed the chimney breast for my parents latest bungalow project. In a terraced or semi detached house the chimney stack could be sited on a shared party wall.

The chimney breast is both the most visible and vital portions of a chimney. Please note that i am not a professional and this video should be treated a. Either the chimney breast in the roof space must be removed or it must be provided with additional support that the chimney breast on the lower floor would originally have given.