• 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?

  • 100% get rid of the chimney breast, itโ€™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 ๐Ÿ˜‚

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