I live in a 1950s detached 3 bed wimpey house, there is a chimney breast in the living room, on the first floor it passes through and is visible on the external wall, I assume this is to save on internal space upstairs as there is no chimney breast visible in the upstairs bedroom. If I was to remove the downstairs chimney breast would the remainder of the breast upstairs have to be supported-I am not convinced this is load bearing as surely it is supported by the external wall as it is attached to. I rewired the house last year and from memory the joists run parallel with the breast. I will have to extend and join the joists either side of the chimney breast upstairs and for the hearth downstairs, has any one come accross this? Thanks in advance.

Hi Mate,

Get a Structural Engineer to check out before you start removing. If anything goes wrong, he will be covered by Professional Idemnity Insurance.

S

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