kitchen with a very awkwardly placed chimney breast

danhandy

Hi All,

I'm looking for some advice regarding a kitchen layout in a house i have purchased.

Ignore the boiler, a new one has been fitted elsewhere.

Not sure what to do with the chimney breast, i think it may cost too much to remove. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Dan :j

phill99

2 options.

1) get it removed. It may not be as expensive as you think. This will be the best solution as it will give you a nice shape and much more useable space. Do it once and it's not like you will have to do it again so could b seen as a long term investment. Plus you won't always. Be thinking "I wish we had removed that chimney breast"

2) live with it. You could put a door on it (either one that is the same as the kitchen door or one the same ad you eventual kitchen units) and use it as a cupboard for Hoover, ironing board etc. ou could us i to house th washing machine etc or the fridge freezer. You could put shelves in it and use it as a larder (larders are greatly under appreciatedi in my opinion) to store all your food items. Alternatively make a feature of it by using it a,s say he space for your oven or make say an enormous wine rack in it.

rustyboy21

Take it out if you can afford to.

It will always be a bugbear if you don't. It is very narrow so using it for something else will be a chore, as by the looks of it you couldn't really widen the opening much more. It will make the room look so much bigger as it looks quite narrow as it is.

I left mine in, had all the work done whilst on holidays and am now kicking myself that I didn't ask for a quote to take it out, it does ruin the layout of the kitchen, but too much hassle now to take out, with having walls tiled floor to ceiling,units cut specifically to fit and celing redone.

Take it from me, spend £1000 less on your units and get it done right.

SailorSam

What's above it ? was there once a fireplace in the bedroom above ? If that has already taken out removing the kitchen was should be straight forward.

evokit

if you opt for above you dont even have to buy the tower.
just build a shelf for the oven, some doors and fillers for the front, maybe some internal shelves that way you'll prob get wider storage inside the unit

Jaynne

We used to have a larder in a cupboard about that size and it was fantastic, the dead space to the left however would be annoying. If you can't afford to remove it I think I would just board that over and have is skimmed so you can put a unit there if needed and the dark corner will just gather dust and mess.

southcoastrgi

i'm glad you said you have a new boiler somewhere else, that one is illegal in two ways that i can see just from your pic

ey_up

Get rid of the chimney. We had a similar situation and it was pretty cheap (about £600 ish) to take the full thing out, ground to chimney pot and everything in between. Typical 2 level house. To be fair we made good all but the tile roof but in reality if the chimney is not structural its just a couple of lads chipping the bricks out layer by layer from the top down.

jc808

keithgillyon wrote: »

i'm glad you said you have a new boiler somewhere else, that one is illegal in two ways that i can see just from your pic

How? It could be an old boiler installed before relevant rules came into force

mummyroysof3

i would remove it...7 years ago we didnt remove ours and regret it that much that we are doing it next year and having a new kitchen 2years earlier than we thought we would

danhandy

Thank you so much for all your replies. I like the idea of fitting an oven flush into the chimney if it proves too difficult to remove it.