Chimney Removal

tally361228

Hi
I hope I am doing this right as I have not posted on here before but would like to ask for some help.

We are purchasing a semi detatched house that has had the following come back on the survey:
There is no evidence of a flue in the dining room or in the bedroom above but there was originally therefore these have been removed. In the roof space the position of the two flues can be seen where the brickwork is corbelled and merges into a single external stack.
The flue in the roof void is not supported other than the corbelling and the quality of the brick, which are both good.
Therefore a rsj should be installed to support the flue.

The question is how do we install a rsj under the shorter flue as the other one will be in the way of it going right across the roof space.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

HugoSP

May I suggest you go back to the surveyor and ask for a fuller explanation of this. I'm sure he'll give you some time. You haven't really posted enough for us to comment.

What I will say is though that structurally it's often a better idea to simply remove the remainder of the flu and chimney and make good the roof. This means less maintenance in years to come and can be less complicated.

ukjoel

It sounds like a surveyor covering his backside.

Chimney was probably removed years ago to building standards back then.

Standards have now changed and he needs to identify what is not up to current standards.


Liklihood of house collapsing is next to none but he needs to let you know he has been there and is worth the £400 he is charging you for a couple of hours work.

If people only bought houses with clean surveyors reports then nowone would ever buy a house.

I would suggest you ask him specific questions like

Is it dangerous, how long has it been like this, and what will happen if you do nothing about it whatsoever.

wallbash

Wish I had written the above post by ukjoel , all good advice.