GS Renovation removes redundant chimney breasts throughout Fulham, from the terraces around Fulham Broadway to the streets stretching towards Bishops Park. With over 30 years of structural experience in SW6, we take out the breast, support the stack that remains above and square the room off cleanly, with no shortcuts on the masonry left overhead.
Removing chimney breasts in Fulham terraces
Most bay-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces in SW6 still carry their original chimney breasts on the party wall, with flues shared through that wall with the house next door. Because the breast helps support the brickwork above, we begin every job with a structural engineer confirming what is being carried and how the retained masonry will be held once the breast below is gone.
On the lower floors we support the retained stack with steel gallows brackets bolted firmly into the party wall, or a beam where brackets are unsuitable for the loading. Where the stack runs the full height of the house and is genuinely redundant, we more often remove the whole thing and make the roof good. A stack is never left hanging unsupported once the breast beneath it is taken out.
Party wall duties in SW6
Fulham's terraces are tightly packed, so the chimney stack almost always sits within the shared party wall. Removing the breast or bolting gallows brackets into that wall is notifiable under the Party Wall Act, which means notice must be served on your neighbour before we start. We prepare and serve those notices as part of the job so nothing is missed on a shared SW6 boundary.
The structural support itself is notifiable under the Building Regulations, and Hammersmith and Fulham Council's building control signs it off; planning permission is not involved for this internal work. We handle the engineer's design, the propping, capping any redundant flue with ventilation to keep damp out, and replastering, so once we leave there is no sign the breast was ever there.
- Flue capping, ventilation and building control sign-off
- Chimney breast removal on one or all floors
- Gallows bracket support for the stack above
- Steel beam support where brackets are unsuitable
- Full chimney stack removal and roof making good
Why Fulham Homeowners Choose GS Renovation
Fulham homeowners choose GS Renovation because we treat chimney breast removal as the structural job it is. You get an engineer-designed gallows bracket or beam solution, party wall notices to neighbours and building control sign-off handled end to end, tidy working in an occupied SW6 home, and a certified finish, backed by 30+ years across West London.
- Free, no-obligation quotations
- Over 30 years of experience
- Dedicated project management
- Fully insured and guaranteed work
- Building control and planning support
- Clean, tidy and reliable tradespeople