Hi all To give some context, I've just moved into a mid-terraced 1940s property. Downstairs there is a functional gas fire fitted into the...
Hi all! I'm opening up a fireplace, ready to accept a wood burning stove. Property is 1918. It's clear it's been chopped about over the years....
We're in the process of buying a mid-terrace Victorian/Edwardian (estimated at 1900) house and have just received our Home Buyer's Survey....
Hi, After some advice! So am opening up fireplace after I had a back boiler removed from the space. I can see that I have a brick arch which I...
Hi all, Asking for opinions on dark patches in chimney stack in loft. It's a semi-D with a shared chimney that was built in 2003. When we bought...
We have a disused space in our kitchen where the original oil boiler used to be situated. Its essentially a cupboard space made up of 4 brickwork...
I have asked a local builder to re-read our chimney as it was badly cracked and had started to let water into the loft. Initially it was agreed...
Guessing this has been asked many times but would someone with some experience please confirm that the builders we paid to remove the chimney...
Hi folks, Advice very welcome - I have a heavy mirror that I need to install on my living room chimney breast. 1950's/60's build so assuming...
Afternoon all, could someone recommend a resin for threaded rod that will be securing a set of gallows brackets and that is suitable for such, and...
Hi All, Appealing for some guidance to construction of dry ridge system at rendered chimney junction. Prior to laying the full ridge I’d like...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi all, appreciate some advice.. We have a slight damp issue which appears in cold weather, in the first floor bedroom next to...
Hi everyone, been reading lots of chats but still confused, hoping you guys can help! There is damp on a bedroom wall covering a chimney breast....
Hi, ive recently bought an old listed property (1877) and found 2 huge holes leading to a chimney. The loft is very shallow and awkward to get...
I have an 1800's croft house, originally single storey, granite boulder construction with lime mortar. The house now has a dormer conversion...
I need to fill a small area of missing sand/cement flaunching, It is about 1.5m from accessible loft window. Has anyone used a Mortar Gun with...
I had been making plans to remove the ground floor and first floor chimney breasts, leaving the chimney in the loft supported by gallow brackets....
I live in a mid-terrace circa 1900s house and I am looking at removing the ground floor chimney breast of my house, leaving the first floor breast...
I am designing a kitchen and there is gas range cooker in the chimney. The chimney has a flue but the opening is only 400mm from the cooker top...
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