Getting a chimney taken out

nicoladmurphy

We want to get our chimney taken out but just wondering what the best thing to do is - just take it out downstairs and put in a steel beam for support or take it all the way out from the roof down. Which would be a cheaper option do you think?

Ush1

It's normally a big, messy job for very little gain. Why are you looking to remove it, much easier to have it blanked off.

Girl Geraldine

Again, why are you looking to take it out? There would want to be a very good reason to remove a chimney as it is going to be a difficult, highly invasive and very expensive job, even in the simplest of houses.

nicoladmurphy

We are switching our kitchen and sitting room spaces. The sitting room is much bigger and is the one that has access to the back garden. The downstairs is a poorly laid our space. To do this we have to take the chimney out downstairs so my question is really to take it out downstairs only or out of the whole house?

monkeybutter

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have you priced the difference?

Ravage1616

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We are thinking of doing the exact same thing. Our sitting room is much bigger then the current Kitchen and it is also at the back of the house.

We a probably wont start looking for quotes till next year but would be interested to hear how you get on!

eusap

We got a quote two years ago (BC) of 20k to take down the old chimney to the roof and rebuild on other side of room, this was for an 80's bungalow although there is not much materials involved its a horrible messy job and where you re-build it you have to re-enforce the floor

asdfg87

You said downstairs so i expect 2 storeyed house, the first thing you need to check is if the timbers holding up the upper level being held up by this chimney wall.