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Chimney breast cracks

  • 01-02-2015 12:28am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Hi I have just spotted a few cracks in the chimney breast after the fire was lighting tonight befit going to bed.

    The is a vertical-ish crack in the middle above the front of the fireplace and there is two horizontal cracks on the sides of the breast (one on either side).

    The house is only about 5 years old and the living room had only been repainted and I did not fill our spot any cracks on the chimney breast while painting. It is an open fire but we are getting an insert stove (5kW Apollo) install in the coming weeks.

    Are these cracks something to be worried about are they just heat expansion of the breast from having the fire lit and just fill and repaint job?

    I have attached a few photos but the cracks are hairline and hard enough to see.


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  • #2
    Calibos
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    Hairline cracks in the plaster


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    Calibos wrote: »
    Hairline cracks in the plaster

    Cool so is that just a fill and paint job??


  • #4
    mad m
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    EvilWonka wrote: »
    Cool so is that just a fill and paint job??

    Root out crack with a flat head screw driver, fill, let dry, polyfiller will probably sink, sand down, touch up with wall colour, re fill and sand down and touch up again.


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