Urchin

Hi all. I just want to check something before I go ahead and pay for building regs to oversee the removal a chimney breast in my lounge. Basically I’ve been told by a builder I asked that gallows brackets will be fine and I don’t need a RSJ. I have a gathered stack and it’s just the one breast in my lounge that I want to take out. I did see it somewhere online that gallows brackets are no longer acceptable but other places have said that for a gathered stack it’s fine and you only need an RSJ if it’s a vertical stack. I can only afford the gallows brackets option so don’t really want to waste the £170 building regs fee to get told it’s and RSJ job that I won’t be carrying out anyway. Thanks in advance