GS Renovation removes chimney breasts across Peckham, from the terraces around Peckham Rye to converted period homes towards Camberwell and Bermondsey. With 30+ years in SE15, we take out redundant breasts, support the stack left above on gallows brackets or a beam, and leave a squared-off room with no risk of settlement.
Removing a chimney breast in Peckham
Most Victorian and Edwardian houses in SE15 still carry their original chimney breasts in the reception rooms and bedrooms, even where the fires were blocked up years ago. Because the breast helps support the masonry stack rising above it, we never simply knock it out. A structural engineer first works out exactly what weight sits overhead before we decide how to hold it.
On the lower floors, where you want to reclaim the space, we support the retained stack above with steel gallows brackets bolted firmly into the party wall, or a small beam where brackets are unsuitable. In many Peckham terraces the stack runs the full height of the house, and there we more often remove it entirely and make good the roof, which is cleaner than leaving masonry hanging on brackets alone.
Party wall and building control in SE15
In Peckham's tightly built terraces near Peckham Rye the chimney stack almost always sits within the party wall shared with the house next door. Removing the breast or bolting gallows brackets into that wall is notifiable under the Party Wall Act, so we serve notice on the neighbour before any work starts and keep the process straightforward for you.
The structural support is notifiable under the Building Regulations, and Southwark Council's building control inspects and signs it off; this is not a planning matter for internal work. We manage the lot: the engineer's assessment, the party wall notices, safe removal and propping, capping any redundant flue with ventilation to prevent damp, and replastering so there is no trace the breast was ever there.
- Full chimney stack removal and roof making good
- Structural engineer calculations
- Party Wall Act notices for shared stacks
- Making good, plastering and reinstating the wall
- Flue capping, ventilation and building control sign-off
Trusted Chimney Breast Removal in Peckham
Peckham homeowners choose GS Renovation because we treat chimney breast removal as the structural job it is. You get an engineer-designed support, gallows brackets or a beam fitted properly, party wall notices served, Southwark building control handled, tidy working in an occupied home and a certified result, backed by 30+ years across SE15.
- 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