How To Repair Floor And Ceiling When Chimney Removed
Note that removing any portion of a chimney breast will require structural reinforcements for that floor and the one above as well as possible reinforcement of the outer wall.
How to repair floor and ceiling when chimney removed. This video shows the chimney removal of a small single skin chimney stack below roof level and then tiled over to make good. Expect to pay around 2 000 4 000 to have your chimney removed completely. We have had structural engineer and building control sign off. It is the portion which protrudes from the roof ending in a cap.
So far we have removed the chimney from the roof and down to floor level on the first floor the current bathroom. Building regulations apply to this work because it is a material alteration to the structure ensuring the remaining. However where it went through the 1st floor floor the floorboards weren t extended to meet the wall the chimney looks like it was just filled and it forms the basis of part of the floor on the first floor. The average cost to remove a chimney breast is 1 500 to 2 500 which includes hiring a structural engineer demolition structural support and patching walls ceilings and floors.
Quite often the chimney is also removed at first floor level leaving just the roof void and external section of the chimney in place. When people think of a chimney this is the part they tend to picture. Free standing interior brick fireplace converted to gas on a concrete slab i d guess it has a foundation under the chimney 5 wide x 3 deep 8 plaster textured ceiling 6 7 height ceiling to roof in attic 2 3 height above roof. The method shown is a slow del.
A chimney breast encases the fireplace from ceiling to floor and can be removed without demolishing the chimney stack. If the chimney is on the large side or spans multiple stories or is part of the structure or foundation expect to pay closer to 6 000. One of the most common internal alterations carried out is to remove an obsolete chimney breast at ground floor to create more floor space. So now we need to repair the ceiling and floor joists.
Ceilings joists are fine no problems there but i have a query regarding the floor joists. What should it cost to remove an interior chimney and repair hole in roof and hole in ceiling. The cost of chimney removal includes.