Gallow Bracket Cost only

ghost3h

Hi,

Does anyone have a idea of the cost is just installing gallow brackets. I dont mind doing the grunt work of removing the breasts myself.

All the costings I seem to find online are for the full removal.

I'm getting 3 quotes or so, but nice to have unbiased opinions. I live in the north east of England (Newcastle)

Thanks

EachPenny

Is the chimney on a party wall?

ghost3h

EachPenny wrote: »

Is the chimney on a party wall?

Yea it is, I've already consulted my neighbour about it and there happy. They had the same done on theirs as part of a loft conversion, although they took both sides out.

I am just removing one side of it, and leaving the other for a log burner

Doozergirl

I don’t believe that gallows brackets are adequate to pass Building Control anymore.

And you will need Building Control Approval, so you need a structural engineer, unless the Building Control Officer is happy to tell you what he wants to see.

teneighty

As Doozer said they are not always appropriate but if they are......https://www.screwfix.com/p/sabrefix-gallows-brackets-galvanised-hot-dipped-50mm-x-490mm-2-pack/86261?_requestid=75224

Allow for some expanding or chemical anchors and bob's your uncle. I would have thought £250ish for a contractor to supply and fit only or do it yourself.

EachPenny

ghost3h wrote: »

Yea it is, I've already consulted my neighbour about it and there happy. They had the same done on theirs as part of a loft conversion, although they took both sides out.

I am just removing one side of it, and leaving the other for a log burner

That might be a problem then. If the external part of the chimney remains, but most of the support is removed below roof-level then you have a lot of weight supported on the party wall which itself has already been weakened by the removal of lateral support.

As Doozergirl says, you'll need BC involvement and quite likely structural calculations to show the proposed alterations are safe.

chappers

ghost3h wrote: »

Yea it is, I've already consulted my neighbour about it and there happy. They had the same done on theirs as part of a loft conversion, although they took both sides out.

I am just removing one side of it, and leaving the other for a log burner

Could be an issue then, either chimney sat on a gallows bracket on a party wall that has had both chimney breasts removed could be trouble let alone two