Removing Chimney Breast Ground Floor Only

An internal chimney breast can be removed at ground and or first floor without having to remove the external stack.

Removing chimney breast ground floor only. One of the most common internal alterations carried out is to remove an obsolete chimney breast at ground floor to create more floor space. Homeowners rarely go to the cost of scaffold to remove the chimney above the roof or may not be able to if it is shared with a neighbour. Yes this is regularly done for clients is relatively straight forward. Our chartered surveyors often see houses where only part of a chimney has been removed often just the ground floor or ground and first floor remaining only in the loft.

Want to remove the chimney breast on the party wall from the ground floor only. Chimney breast exists on 1st floor but chimney top has been removed previously. 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. We would need to explore the flooring above the chimney to expose the joist giving access to calculate the dimensions of re enforced steel joist to sit within the ceiling floor void therefore removing the bulk head or inner beam visible within the ground floor space.

No only does this mean it is actually not as disruptive as you might have thought but it also avoids the need to alter the roof or external appearance and character of the building. Rsj would have a span of 3750mm from internal load bearing wall 220mm thick approx to rear external wall also 220 approx.