chimney

I live in Northern Ireland, and my wife and I are wanting to remove our current cast iron fireplace, and install a wood burning stove in its place. We also want the opening made larger, by about a foot in height, and about a bricks worth either side. We have been talking to a local stove...

Ugh. Am selling my house and solicitor asked if I have a HETAS certificate for a fireplace installed in 2009. I paid a high street fireplace shop to install a cast iron insert and slate hearth into an empty fireplace opening in my Victorian terrace. I got a guarantee but it doesn't mention...

Hey, l’ve been reading previous posts about shared responsibility for chimney stacks on terrace properties but they don’t seem to apply in my situation... I’m getting the front of the property repointed and also want to get the chimneys done. I share the freehold of the terrace house with my...

I'm removing my small chimney breast on a solis wall 9 inch as per attached photos. I left the long brick coming from the exterior face. What would be the best technique to tie it on the corner and make it stronger again? Many thanks

Hi, For the past few months I've noticed a leak in the roof causing water to drip down the outside of the chimney on one side of the loft. I had someone come to fix it and he replaced the lead flashing at the back of the chimney. It didn't work however and the water continued to leak through as...

Hi, Decided to take on a project whilst in lockdown: remove a gas fireplace, mantel, surround and hearth (the easy bit) and fit a cast iron fireplace (decorative only, not going to burn anything), a new mantel and new hearth. We live in a terrace house id say is well over 100 years old. On the...

hi all. We live in a long detached house built in the 60s. There were 2 chimneys when we moved in last year, the one for the old boiler which was sat in the kitchen has been completely removed since we had the boiler replaced and relocated. We now want to completely remove the large fireplace in...

Hi, Over the past few weeks, i've noticed that there is some water getting into the wall behind our chimney stack on both the ground and first floor of our house, which has stained the plasterboard. I've been able to get some photos of the chimney and from first review it looks like the crown...

Hi if anyone has any help or suggestions i would be really grateful. We have two chimneys,one is in use and one is not. The roof was re tiled last summer. At the moment we are noticing more and more damp patches in the bedrooms on both chimney breasts (see the photos). I'm not sure if it is a...

Posting this here as there doesn't seem to be a category for stoves and chimneys. We have a Charnwood Country 4 woodburner connected to a flexible liner, installed by a HETAS chap a few years back. Always worked perfectly. Until recently, when we noticed that it's not drawing like it used to...

Hi, I'm just looking for a bit of advice. I live in an old Victorian terraced house and i went into the attic and noticed the wooden beams were wet and the ridge beam was rotten (maybe an original from 1850?). I had a builder around who said I'd need the roof off and new felt put back on and...

What options do i have for capping a chimney where the pot has been removed? It looks like some has removed the chimney pot and placed a tile there instead. The chimney is no longer used but water is now getting in the chimney so just wondering what the best way to cap it is?

Hi Just about to start the fire for the winter in new old bungalow - noticed protruding rope in surround, and some suspect possible asbestos board up in chimney... Likely going to get a sample and get it tested... but what do you all think? Might be hard to get a sample for the upper chimney...

Hey folks, What is your advice with regards to this ? It’s a plasterboard behind the mantelpiece which rests on two bolts. It has deteriorated due to heat. Do I need to break out the entire board around the crack and replace it, or just polyfilla the cracks and paint over ? There is a 5-6” gap...

We're in the process of installing a stove in the dining room of our Victorian semi. Having removed the plasterboard from the opening and plaster around it, there's clearly been some infill bricks added and a new, small concrete lintel. We would like to open it to it's original dimensions, to...

New here so forgive my terminology if it's not spot on! Live in a 1901 terraced house and have a problem with the chimney in the bedroom (not used) dripping. I know we have had tremendous rain but this is getting daft. Back in March we had a roofer come to fix our ridge tiles and he also...

Hi, Has anyone ever come across this? I have what I originally thought was an old boiler flu. But it doesn’t go up to the ceiling above. Instead it appears to be support for the joist of the house. I’ve included two photos. The one with the brickwork is the top of the support / pillar where...

Hi My neighbour's chimney is in poor state of repair and needs repointing, replacement flashing, or removing. This chimney does not serve my house, but as we are terraced, it straddles onto my roof. I have asked them to repair it or remove the chimney as they don't use it but their response...

....so we found another fireplace this morning, which we now plan to open up and have a woodburner installed. I'm concerned because that brick arch seems very flat, and also there's very little wall on the right hand side to stop it pushing outwards once we've taken the bricking up out of the...

I have installed a hit and miss vent in the kitchen chimney breast as the flue is uncapped and we were getting a minor efflorescence on the plaster. Unfortunately I still can't get an airflow so presume the soot and rubble in there is blocking any movement of air and is probably just absorbing...