Sticking out lintel!

[Stokerefurb]

Hey! My partner and I thought we’d take on a nice easy project, ripping out the old fireplace in our 1950s home, blocking up the hole and having a nice clean wall at the end of it.

However. I’m now faced with this lintel which sticks out, rubbishing my plan for a smooth finish. Any ideas or suggestions on how to bring this half finished project to a nice conclusion?

Can it be removed? Can I chisel off some of the front? Should I just build a fake wall over it? Or incorporate it into a new design? Will a fireplace sit flush against the wall if it has a hollow back? Kinda stumped at the moment on the best way forward.

Thanks in advance.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Are you intending on having a flush wall finish or fitting another fireplace surround over what's there?

PS WTF is going on with the floor?

 

[Stokerefurb]

Ideally a flush wall finish. If that’s not reasonably possible a surround and electric fire.

The floor is all being levelled and laid soon. Just filling the hole left from fireplace hearth for now.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

So you could see if it's plausible to chip away enough off the front of the lintel to allow you to get a flush finish. Otherwise you'll need to apply plasterboard either over battens or dot and dab if possible (given the lintel depth). Otherwise another fireplace but that will need to take account of the lintel too.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

So you could see if it's plausible to chip away enough off the front of the lintel to allow you to get a flush finish. Otherwise you'll need to apply plasterboard either over battens or dot and dab if possible (given the lintel depth). Otherwise another fireplace but that will need to take account of the lintel too.

If you want to have a go at cutting it back, then I would suggest the easy way, would be to use a grinder, with a stone cutting disk....

Find some way to arrange a depth stop, at the depth you need, then cut a series of vertical slots, top to bottom of the lintel, every 1 or 2 inches, then knock the bits in between off, with a bolster and hammer.

 

[lostinthelight]

If you want to have a go at cutting it back, then I would suggest the easy way, would be to use a grinder, with a stone cutting disk....

Find some way to arrange a depth stop, at the depth you need, then cut a series of vertical slots, top to bottom of the lintel, every 1 or 2 inches, then knock the bits in between off, with a bolster and hammer.

Thats exactly how I did a much bigger lump than the op's