3 Chimney Breasts
In this short video, Hylton shows you a property where we took out three chimney breasts and used two Gallow brackets to support the remaining chimney. This time, the skip was on the road, which means that we had to have a permit from the council for that. The chimney breasts took up a fair […]
2 Chimneys and 1 RSJ
In this video, Hylton shows us a slightly different method to safeguard the remaining chimney in the loft: here, a 4 meter long steel beam was fitted from the spine wall to the external wall. This was done to the council’s satisfaction. Two chimney breasts were removed, one in the downstairs dining room and one […]
Chimney Removal and RSJ Support
In this video, Hylton describes the process and benefits of removing a chimney from a 3 floor terraced house and fitting RSJ (steel beam) chimney support to support the remaining chimney breast in the loft and the chimney stack above the roof line. The video also illustrates possible uses of the additional space and comfort […]
Removal of Arched and Corner Chimney Breast
In this video, Hylton shows us the removal of an arched chimney breast and a corner chimney breast in a semi-detached house. Having seen the quality of our work, clients often ask as to do further work. In this case, they requested further plastering and sound proofing as the property is in the Heathrow flight […]