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 […]
Steel Beam and Gallows Brackets Support
In this video, Hylton shows us a property from which a corner chimney breast was removed from the living room and the ceiling supported with a steel beam (RSJ). A second chimney breast was removed from the kitchen and supported with gallows brackets. We also plastered the entire room including the ceiling. Hylton Chimneys are […]
Chimney & Wall Removal Open Plan Kitchen
In this video, Hylton walks us through a client’s project to remove two chimney breasts and two structural walls to create a large, open plan kitchen dining area. To support the actual upstairs floor joists, we inserted a steel beam across the top where the structural wall used to be. We also isolate and capped […]