Removing Chimney Breast Ground Floor Only

Yes this is regularly done for clients is relatively straight forward.

Removing chimney breast ground floor only.

Building regulations apply to this work because it is a material alteration to the structure ensuring the remaining. 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. Quite often the chimney is also removed at first floor level leaving just the roof void and external section of the chimney in place. Chimney breast exists on 1st floor but chimney top has been removed previously.

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. An internal chimney breast can be removed at ground and or first floor without having to remove the external stack. Want to remove the chimney breast on the party wall from the ground floor only. In the event you wish to reclaim this space in a room it is possible to remove only that section of the breast instead of the entire chimney.

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. One of the most common internal alterations carried out is to remove an obsolete chimney breast at ground floor to create more floor space.