GS Renovation removes chimney breasts throughout Parsons Green, freeing up space in the bedrooms and reception rooms of SW6's bay-fronted Victorian and Edwardian terraces. With over 30 years of structural experience in Hammersmith and Fulham, we take out redundant breasts safely, support the stack that remains, and square the room off cleanly.
Chimney breasts in Parsons Green terraces
Most terraces around Parsons Green still carry their original chimney breasts, and on these streets the flues are built into the party wall shared with the house next door. Because the breast helps carry the masonry above it, we never simply knock one out; we start with a structural engineer's assessment of exactly what weight the breast is holding and how it needs to be replaced.
On a ground or first-floor breast we support the retained stack above with steel gallows brackets bolted into the party wall, or a beam where the brackets are unsuitable for the load. In many SW6 houses the stack is redundant right up to the roof, so we more often remove it entirely and make the roof good, rather than leave masonry hanging on brackets.
Party wall and building control in SW6
Because the chimney stack sits within the party wall shared with your Parsons Green neighbour, removing the breast or fixing gallows brackets is notifiable under the Party Wall Act. We prepare and serve the notice on the adjoining owner before work begins, so the shared wall is altered lawfully and the neighbour knows what to expect next door.
The structural support is controlled under the Building Regulations, and Hammersmith and Fulham Council's building control inspects and signs it off. We manage the whole sequence: the engineer's design, the party wall notice, safe removal with propping, capping any redundant flue with ventilation to keep it dry, and replastering so there is no sign the breast was ever there.
- 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
- Structural engineer calculations
Trusted Chimney Breast Removal in Parsons Green
Parsons Green homeowners choose GS Renovation because we treat chimney breast removal as the structural job it really is. You get an engineer-designed support solution using gallows brackets or a beam, party wall and building control handled from end to end, tidy working in an occupied SW6 home, and a certified result, all backed by 30+ years in Hammersmith and Fulham.
- 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