Chimney breast advice / help

sevenhills

FreeBear wrote: »

Depends on what type of survey you had.

I am not sure what % of houses have a chimney, but I have have thought it would be on a basic survey.
Chimney present, yes - no, building regs, yes - no.

stuart45

There must be thousands of unsupported chimneys around the country, but they normally get flagged up on a survey and put right.

aj9648

They were behind some very old fitted cupboards so never got flagged

stuart45

Is there a stack on the roof and a chimney breast in the roofspace?

Novice_investor101

I had a homebuyers survey & mine picked up that the front chimney was still on the roof (there's a back one too...) but there was no chimney breast in the front lounge or bedroom.
He checked the attic & noted it was adequately supported. That was good enough for the solicitor & mortgage lenders.

aj9648

stuart45 wrote: »

Is there a stack on the roof and a chimney breast in the roofspace?

Yes there is

aj9648

If we got rid of both chimney breasts, would it need any permission from next door ?

Doozergirl

Yes, a party wall agreement as you are cutting away a projection from the party wall.

stuart45

aj9648 wrote: »

Yes there is

In that case I think the surveyor should have mentioned about the missing ground floor chimney breast and further checks to establish whether it was supported.

aj9648

Do I need an SE or is it a case of if I do get an SE then it will be an over engineered solution?