Brick structure in old house. What is this?
paul
It s not a chimney . oh yes it is
Tavy
I have see many old houses in the UK and that is the chimney. Each room would have had a fireplace. No central heating in those days. You need an experienced builder to look at it.
Bubba Gubbins
Kind of hard to tell with your vague, confusing description and no picture.
heart o' gold
This IS probably an abandoned chimney. I suggest you have a local contractor check it out.
Mj
It was a chimney that was covered later with brick.
Barry
It wasn't built there for fun. It may well be an old chimney and these were often used as floor supports. You need a structural engineer to write a report on your proposed job. No builder with a brain will consider this work without such a report.
yimi
That brick structure was once used as a chimney, no doubt about it. Rather than removing it, if it is inspected and found to be sound, why not incorporate it in your kitchen design, leaving it exposed or box it in?
Common Sense
That brick structure was once used as a chimney, no doubt about it. Rather than removing it, if it is inspected and found to be sound, why not incorporate it in your kitchen design, leaving it exposed or box it in?
Zzz
Are you sure it isn't a bread oven? We had this in an old house the oven was in the basement
ckngbbbls
what makes you think it isn't a chimney that has been closed off? Remove some bricks..I bet its hollow. It could be from a wood and coal burning furnace or each floor had a wood burner or fireplace.
boy boy
it is a chimney ..servants lived in basements ..you need a structural engineer ...or a builder like me to check it out ...dont guess
Linda
Without a house inspection - LEAVE IT BE.
John P
Sounds very like an old chimney structure. Get the opinion of a local builder about the practicalities of altering such a substantial structure in the middle of an old house, or of any alteration which involves the removal of a wall.
Koci
building way
Jewel
I have see many elderly homes within the UK which is that the chimney. every area would have had a hearth. No heat in those days. you would like associate degree intimate builder to seem at it
lili
This IS probably an abandoned chimney. I suggest you have a local contractor check it out.
Anonymous
Words are NOT A PICTURE. You HAVE TO GIVE PICTURES TO A BUILDING CONTRACTOR TO LOOK AT IT OR ALLOW THEM INTO YOUR HOME TO INSPECT IT. Otherwise you could be destroying the structural integrity of the home. and the roof caves in or the floors fall or WORSE. . Have more than one contractor look at it and give you the lowdown.
Ann
You need to get an engineer to look at it.
Aussie Devil
get some one that works in the building industry to have a look at it
B
it is either an oven or a chimney
Anonymous
A structure that is better left to experts.
roberto
intriguing,,may have been a dumbwaiter with pulleys,,ropes & such to raise & lower food,gen supply items from the street to upper floors. you might get some guy, a trades guy with a hi def camera making a rather small drill hole to stick the cam with light up & down, you might be surprised whats been bricked up,often,, when houses like this had the family die off move,or get sold many years later,new occupants bricked them closed in order to rent upper & lower spaces separately, a house I lived in had this old device covered up for exactly that reason. plaster board was applied in the 50s,tapping the wall led to discovering the old artifact that got covered up.
Elaine
It may be the original outside wall. Before you do any renovations you need to get a certified structural engineer to do an inspection. Since you want to have an open kitchen-diner you also need to check to see in which direction the joists go.
Jimmy C
I bet it was a chimney in the time when there was a fireplace on every floor, before modern heating. It has all been bricked up over the years, and I would suspect that if you remove it, the whole house would collapse. why am I getting thumbs down? I lived in a house like that. It was three stories high with two chimneys running from the ground floor to the top. Every room had its own fireplace connected to one on the chimneys.