Trouble with Chimneys?
Many people are choosing to remove unused chimney breasts from their homes to create more usable space. However some people like the idea of keeping the chimney and having an open fire. If you have a fire you need to ensure that the chimney is working properly. Chimneys operate on the principle that hot air […]
Dangerous Chimney Stack
In this video, Hylton shows you the removal of a dangerous chimney stack A survey condemned the chimney stack as dangerous as it had a big crack and was leaning over. We took the chimney stack down and recovered the roof with new tiles, felt and battens. Inside the property, we removed three chimney breasts. […]
Dangerous Chimney (no.2)
In this video, Hylton shows us another property where a a dangerous DIY job had to be repaired to properly support the chimney with a pair of gallows brackets and concrete lintels. A survey on the property had revealed that the work done was unsafe. Two chimney breasts were removed on the upper and lower […]
Dangerous Chimney
In this video, Hylton shows you how we repaired a dangerous DIY jobs and made a dangerous chimney safe again. The video also shows you the work after it had been finished. The new owner of this property discovered that the chimney breast had been taken out in the bedroom below but that it had […]