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removing old chimney

tapjlk6 · 2008-03-10 22:24:14

Could you help me? We have an old cottage there is an huge old unlined brick chimney in it. It takes up 9ft x3ft in one room and large corner in another.Would it be expensive to remove it and rebuild a new single flue one. We live in Longford.

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10-03-2008 11:24pm

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tapjlk6

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Could you help me? We have an old cottage there is an huge old unlined brick chimney in it. It takes up 9ft x3ft in one room and large corner in another.Would it be expensive to remove it and rebuild a new single flue one. We live in Longford.

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#2 11-03-2008 9:04am
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That's a fairly big structural job imo. Get onto an engineer for professional advice before you go near a builder.

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#3 13-03-2008 12:02am
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Might be beter to get advice about getting it lined

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#4 13-03-2008 11:06am
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I think that the OP is more concerned with the amount of potential floor-space that may be available if the chimney breast was removed.

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