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Is it mad to remove the breast, but re-install it against the wall?
It's a lot of effort for something weird
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At the end of the day your the client and are footing the bill, if you dont want it out and think its a waste of money just tell them.
Archtiects will have you spending money you dont want to for there own gains if they get half a chance.
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100% get rid of the chimney breast, it’s not that much work and will make any space much more useable.
Screwing the fire surround back on is like a one hour job so why not. I can see your architect rolling their eyes from here though 😂
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Yeah that’ll look weird.
Removing chimney breasts does free up a lot of room though, kinda wish I’d done it but didn’t want to remove anything original. -
Just looking at the small fireplace I have in this room it would require a hole 10-15cm deep in the wall to install it. How would you do that against the wall?
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If it’s the only ‘period feature’ in the house, it’s a bit late to worry about it. If it’s a fireplace in two rooms and not stripping the house of any character then go for it.
I wish the previous owners had removed the dining room and back bedroom chimney breasts. Would have loads more room, but in a ‘finished’ house it would now be a big messy job to do.
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Our architect wants to remove the chimney breast in one of our bedrooms as part of his plan for our extension, but there's a cast iron fireplace in there that I'd like to keep. Is it mad to remove the breast, but re-install it against the wall? It's only there for aesthetics - not for fires! They must recess into the wall a bit, but would it be too much to make it work?