Removing a chimney

Nov 28, 2011 6 Replies

Son has just moved into a house wth a really decent loft


50's ex council prperty

ripe for conversion



Only problem is a very substantial chimney stack which is unused



it only serves his house and goes through the ridge



presumably it could just be removed to floor level in the loft



with appropriate scaffolding for exterior bits



acrow props to support the ridge whilst new timber work fitted



and a swift repair to the hole in the roof



I would plan to have the exterior work done and the roof made good



have access stairs fitted



then do the rest ourselves



comments please



Regards



Tony


Some considerations ..

How are you going to vent the stack ? Presumably the fire place(s) it serves are blocked up ?... need to vent the air space. If the stack will now finish under the loft floor ... may need to consider fire break ... (stop of flame transmission from lower floor) Is stack providing any passive venting for the house ?

Chat with BCO would probably answer the questions for you.

Sounds a very sane plan, if you are absolutely sure you don't want to use it ever again.

If I were going down to upper-floor ceiling level, I'd be tempted to take it all the way down..why would it need venting anyway?

Round here you need planning permission though.

Brian

You can get 'fake' plastic chimneys to maintain the appearance!

only that if the chimney runs down to multiple room .. and they are blocked up ... ideally it should be vented or you have a trapped air space.

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