Removing the chimney breast.
How to repair floor and ceiling when chimney removed.
One of the most common internal alterations carried out is to remove an obsolete chimney breast at ground floor to create more floor space.
Removing the chimney stack.
So far we have removed the chimney from the roof and down to floor level on the first floor the current bathroom.
Ceilings joists are fine no problems there but i have a query regarding the floor joists.
When people think of a chimney this is the part they tend to picture.
This video shows the chimney removal of a small single skin chimney stack below roof level and then tiled over to make good.
What should it cost to remove an interior chimney and repair hole in roof and hole in ceiling.
Quite often the chimney is also removed at first floor level leaving just the roof void and external section of the chimney in place.
We have had structural engineer and building control sign off.
If the chimney is on the large side or spans multiple stories or is part of the structure or foundation expect to pay closer to 6 000.
The cost of chimney removal includes.
Building regulations apply to this work because it is a material alteration to the structure ensuring the remaining.
When the chimney breast is removed it will effectively leave a hole in the floor above it.
Note that removing any portion of a chimney breast will require structural reinforcements for that floor and the one above as well as possible reinforcement of the outer wall.
A chimney breast encases the fireplace from ceiling to floor and can be removed without demolishing the chimney stack.
The average cost to remove a chimney breast is 1 500 to 2 500 which includes hiring a structural engineer demolition structural support and patching walls ceilings and floors.
Free standing interior brick fireplace converted to gas on a concrete slab i d guess it has a foundation under the chimney 5 wide x 3 deep 8 plaster textured ceiling 6 7 height ceiling to roof in attic 2 3 height above roof.
Expect to pay around 2 000 4 000 to have your chimney removed completely.
However where it went through the 1st floor floor the floorboards weren t extended to meet the wall the chimney looks like it was just filled and it forms the basis of part of the floor on the first floor.