I tried installing a fireplace lintel for a log burner, but couldn't finish it..

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Is this something you would tackle yourself?

[@andyedwards6124]

Nope! It's actually something I really want to do this year in time for winter but I don't think I'll be trying it myself, far too scared of the house falling down

[@justintemp]

No, have to be careful it doesn't collapse and don't trust my skills 🙈

[@VonL1963]

I would definitely not tackle this myself, but you made it look easy Vikkie. Well done!

[@sachae321]

Definitely worth a try!

[@awt]

@@TheCarpentersDaughterUK I might have given this a try, but I would have been nervous as hell. And I think I would have had some acrows on standby! When you were saying about which bricks your dad thought would fall out, it made me think about pictures I've seen of how bricks support load - afaiu, it goes in a pyramid/triangle, so you'd only have lost a few, like he said - this is why structural cracks go diagonally up walls along brick edges. Nice work, though - hope you find a way to break out all that muck on the cheeks of the fireplace.

[@AndrewArcher-k6y]

I'd put some shuttering down at the bottom , set it in one brick width and back fill it with concrete until you get a good level to start laying your brick.

[@williambrown2264]

When the stove is installed, I would suggest a flexi stainless steel flue liner from the register plate right up to the chimney pot & fill around it with vermiculite (poured in from the top) to insulate the flue & keep the smoke & gasses rising. You will have to temporarily remove the pot to get the flue down & get the vermiculite in. I would also suggest a flue diameter an inch bigger than the stove requires in case you ever up grade the stove.Make sure the flue liner goes in the right way up. There should be tiny arrows stamped in the stainless band which must point up. I love your channel & always look forward to your uploads.👍👍👍.Ps don’t forget a CO detector! (Or two)

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks- I know EXACTLY what you mean! The stove company have a model of the vermiculite on show! When we order it, I'll make sure this happens. Although not sure how they could temporarily remove the one we have 😬

[@johnhendy803]

Vikkie you are so clever and amazing, I’m sure your dad (and TCD) must be very proud of your DIY skills and achievements. Superb 👌

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks so much 😀 If it wasn't for my Dad encouraging me over the phone, I may have ended up paying someone 😅

[@choccyfan]

I love watching your progress, inside and out. From Heather in Suffolk.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

😍 Thank you so much - you really didn't have to, but it is much appreciated x

[@bobbonner1314]

Nice job. I like the support timber you used to keep the course of bricks above stable.

[@strummer6642]

Great video, best of its kind on the tube. I can never get my head round why the gathers don't collapse when the support is removed from the front. I get that they are toothed into the back of the flue, but doesn't it make sense to have a plate over the lintel to offer support at the front. Keep up the great work and the inspiring videos

[@johnrumm4786]

Nice job Vikkie! Two of my favourite tools for that kind of job are my Armeg SDS brick removal chisel - a slim flat chisel with carbide teeth on the end. Really good at getting in between bricks and chopping out mortar without and damage to the bricks, and then a flat narrow trowel like the Marshalltown QLT Tuck Pointer 6½" x ¼". Fantastic for pushing mortar between bricks in place (just dump some mortar on an up turned plastering trowel, and then pack it into place with the tuck pointer).

[@chrisrand5185]

That was a simple but effective way to provide temporary support while you fitted the lintel. I did a similar job a few years back and it would have been a lot less stressful if I'd used your method.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

I'm not sure whether I said, but this was my Dad's idea as he said acrowprops in my case was unnecessary and sounded much easier/cheaper to source 😀

[@raydebbiemcdonald3208]

How many guys would love a wife like you Vickie. But we are sure Mr TCD knows how lucky he is. Keep up the good work, love the channel.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

😊 thank you

[@pm1104]

Been there done it …….you did a good job so far ! ❤

[@ep91monster]

Use a bit of Feb in the mortar mox. Makes it creamy and workable. Without it, it's just like trying to pack damp sand into joints

[@LINDACROWDER-r5s]

Great job as usual, you never fail to impress with what your willing to tackle. But I' m going off piste with my comment. I'd love to see how you got on with your veg gardening. What worked and what you wouldn't do again!🙂🙂

[@shaun30-3-mg9zs]

Your doing a good job Vikkie👍

[@terrywalker4733]

I take my hat off to you Vikkie good job so far.

[@gingerelvis]

Worked out pretty well in the end! I've fitted a couple of logs burners now, I would brick the sides up as you planned originally and not plaster or render it. I've tried sand and cement render with plaster skim and also fireboard with plaster skim and both cracked with the heat. You MIGHT get away with fireboard if you leave the void behind it to dissipate the heat. My current stove has one side with a void and one dot and dab, the dot and dab with skim side has cracked the side with the void hasn't so far. There are heat resistant plasters out there but I don't know how good they are and when I mentioned it to the plasterer he wasn't keen as he had never used it in his 40 years spreading!

[@markevans1973]

Your so smart and beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@markduggan3451]

You are definitely a talented person.

[@utilitarian]

Amazing Vikkie. You made that look so easy!!! I was concerned about the mild flooding with the saw though haha

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks and me too! I didn't go all the way down for that very reason.. so now I'm having to chip it out this week and it's STUBBORN 😅

[@kimstockwell721]

Gosh Vikkie, you are braver than me, brilliant job though .

[@clivewilliams3661]

Its best to used slate packing to bed the lintel and the brickwork above rather than rely on mortar that will move and shrink. The slate, being a rock provides a solid bed and the remainder of the joint can be pointed up with mortar.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

You skipped this bit then 😂kzbin.info/www/bejne/raSQk2yXq5aeiq8si=JxgNy-3ff7g_KHOr&t=761

[@strummer6642]

Slate paving slab, steel shim, compressed fibre cement, all different ways to pack

[@clivewilliams3661]

@@strummer6642 I would not approve the use of a steel shim or compressed fibre cement: steel shim. Steel in contact with mortar can rust and the steel will blow and expand causing distress to the brickwork. Rusting steel in brickwork can be extraordinarily powerful and can push masonry and also concrete around. There maybe some residual acid from the original fireplace in the masonry that will affect the steel. compressed fibre cement is not really stable and can crack if not fully bedded, it is weak in compression and may also be affected by damp within the wall.

[@strummer6642]

@@clivewilliams3661 BCO's don't approve of slate either

[@clivewilliams3661]

@@strummer6642 That is not my experience and it is often used in renovation works specified by our structural engineers. For new works concrete or engineering pad stones are the order of the day.

[@redshiftgalaxy3718]

Daring approach but professionally done! 👍

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks so much 😀

[@PaulRansonArt]

Great work Vikkie - your carefull approach may take longer than a pro but it get the job done. I'd drop in a little shuttering either side of the opening and pour in some quick set concrete rather than kill myself trying to get out those old bricks. The block up the rest of the way. But you might already have done the work. Well done all - Paul - I've done a few of these so it's not easy.

[@patblaney6147]

Your doing well and I enjoy your vlogs good stuff

[@patrickperson1252]

je vous admire pour votre courage et votre ténacité et votre travail wikkie cela vas étre magnifique .patrick.

[@liamailiam]

good job. this is somthing i need to do in my home and you have given me the confidence to do it myself

[@v88krb]

Well done Vicki. Treat yourself to a bigger trowel with a round end instead of a point as it with hold more mortar and give a smooth finish more easily. Also, please wear gloves for this rough work - look after those hands - you can't get anymore!!!

[@juliequinlan6564]

As always - well done Vicki! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💕💕

[@scottnever8732]

just so you know concrete screws do have a maximum depth 1and ¾ inches I believe over that you wreck the threads

[@jwall6006]

I’m so impressed. What a great job. I never would have thought that was a DIY job. How are you going to finish the outside of the fireplace?

[@awt]

3:37 by coincidence, I poured a concrete hearth this week - first time with concreting, and it actually went pretty well! (If you ignore the 10mm droop at one side, which was fixed with a screed layer).

[@blower1]

Great job, impressed on how you handled the disc cutter - i've got the exact same one and find it a bit of a beast with that large disc producing some strong centrifugal forces. The water spray does the job of keeping the dust down but by god does it make a mess!

[@regiondeltas]

I've got the original one, without dust suppression, and yeah I love it but it's a bit of a beast. Nothing like a 9 inch grinder though, they're horrid

[@JohnJones-wo1bc]

Impressive work. I am too scaredy to do this sort of thing myself. Kudos.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks ☺️ Maybe I'm just delusionally brave 😆

[@lennonpolo]

I'm very impressed!

[@VHVHVHVH-m3s]

You tackle anything... go girl

[@PamelasEngel]

Good luck with the rest of the fireplace!! Looking good so far!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thank you so much 😀 I hope it turns out exactly as I planned 🤞

[@cbobwhite5768]

I'm not a mason, nor have I done any brickwork. But I think I would have gotten a piece of angle iron 45x45x3 along the back of where the lintel was going, with some washers in the front, for support. That lintel would never crack, with that angle supporting it. It may never crack, like it is, I just stress over things like that. You're doing great work property.

[@andybeard3912]

@TheCarpentersDaughterUK what spec. drillbit did you use for the drill-stitching? I don't suppose it overly matters too much?

[@martyn334]

thats a real shame they used breeze blocks on it! we took ours back to brick and stuck an L shaped lintel in (originally was gonig to use a concrete one, but it would have been seen and an eye sore!) we painted it a dark blue, embed cables for tv/internet and it looks alright tbh :)

[@jagracershoestring609]

Hi, as I suggested earlier, I would have taken it all out, and putting a new stove with twin wall stainless flue. Easier to maintain , and opens the room up a bit. Your current chimney was a dubious legal for Building Regs. Good to see you getting on with the hose, its a long term job, like all projects are.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Thanks. We thought about it, but with the catnic being supported by the breeze blocks on the left side of the chimney, it didn't sound quick or simple. Do you think the previous metal lintel wasn't sufficient enough?

[@jagracershoestring609]

@@TheCarpentersDaughterUK Hi Vicky, Your roof is a trussed rafter modern roof supported on the outer Bungalow walls, so your chimney is freestanding, relying on its ground foundations, unsupported, expect stability by the inner wall of breeze blocks. So tie the top of the wall, if you keep it, to the trusses with steel straps, if not done already, and remove the whole chimney stack. Our bungalow has a conventional built roof, and both central chimneys were removed fifty years ago, even though tied into a load bearing wall. No structural problems have evolved over time, and I replaced one flue with a twin wall stainless system and multi fuel stove fifteen years ago. Have a word with a structural engineer if you are unsure of load bearing potential unseen areas we cannot see on the films.

[@molsky13]

Instead of removing that concrete i would shutter both sides up get it level with concrete and build your bricks up from there 🙂

[@VampyRagDoll]

Fantastic work chick. I wouldn’t dare.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

I wouldn't have dared a few months ago 😅 After drawing up the chimney on sketchup and understanding which way most of the bricks went, it slowly built my confidence 🤣

[@denniswray470]

Next time you use the masonary saw reduce you water flow you do not need the amount you used less messy.

[@KewiCampervan]

❤

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

❤

[@andreacrashe9894]

*Kia ora (hello) Vikkie awesome job done on the fireplace so far. But I now suggest you take heaps of photos from all angles and go and have a chat with the people in the shop who you will be getting the fireplace from. They will be your best advisor as you will be installing their product... then you are covered by insurance since you asked them 🙂 Mr TCD is great at filming you (so do let him know) 🙂 You both have a great week 🙂NZ*

[@Ant98986]

Have you considered one battery system, you have so many brands!

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

I'd love to, but I haven't found a brand where I love all of their tools or they have everything I need

[@Ant98986]

@@TheCarpentersDaughterUK I'm on the einhell range which is great budget brand as is Ryobi and the one with the massive range. I would like DeWalt and Milwaukee but the prices are a joke.

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

If I had the money I'd try to go all Stanley fatmax, but right now, I'm happy switching battery tools until I feel more flush 😀

[@AndyCallaway]

Nice work. Lol. I was like, "How's she going to cut those bricks inside without getting water everywhere?" 😉

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Ha... yeah.... it made more of a mess than I was anticipating 😆😆

[@AndyCallaway]

@@TheCarpentersDaughterUK We've all been there. 😄

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Good job there's nothing too precious in here 🤣 The bottom sheet of the pile of plasterboard sheets was the wonky one I was trying to flatten, so don't mind that getting a bit wet 😅

[@justintemp]

Are all those 4 designs at the start the same chimney breast?

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Some of the lintels were in different places and some master copies

[@justintemp]

​@@TheCarpentersDaughterUKlots of prep work gone into this one 👍

[@Vanjonsorz]

You're brave hammering slate with no eye protection

[@denewoodthorpe5872]

How's the hot tub 😊

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Very nice.. in it while replying to your comment as we speak 😅 No regrets yet 🤣

[@markrowland5393]

I did remove a concrete lintel and brickwork recently, but only after I had consulted a structural engineer.

[@katieallen3927]

My skill is in researching and hiring professionals to do the work. 😊

[@scottnever8732]

so happy that you dont have too buy your own tools, if only us tradespeople got free tools, next time you use sand and cement try adding febmix or dare I say fairy liquid. Awaiting the trolls

[@tamias82]

Hej, didn't you remove the chimney support? I would be afraid that entire chimney will come down to my living room. Lintel you installed is for the wall, not the chimney, I think...

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

If you look at the sketchup drawing, the brick above the lintel is resting on the lintel, going the other way. And same for the back one that is resting/tied on the back wall of the chimney. OK.. there's a mortar join between them, and a brick above that, but with them being all tied in, and mortar is touch to remove, I don't think it'll ever come down. It's also been passed by a hetas installer and builder who saw it. If it wasn't safe, it would be his duty to say so

[@name-ce7sn]

Hi Vicky have you seen those chiropractor videos on YT and Tik Tok? With all the work you've been doing, you should treat yourself to one. 😊

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

I watch a lot of Bob & Brad 😅 but I'm hoping the hot tub is perfect for after each DIY I do 🤣

[@name-ce7sn]

Oh speaking of the hot tub has hans been in there yet? ​@TheCarpentersDaughterUK

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Ha... he'd NEVER forgive us 🤣

[@philsbbs]

Would fire cement be better ?

[@gingerelvis]

If you mean like the premixed stuff in a pot that you used to seal your flue pipe to the stove then no not really. If you try and use too much of it it tends to shrink and crack

[@m0nk3yl0v3r]

3:39 well, we're all getting older...

[@stevetaylor8698]

Life is just not fair. I always wanted tighter ears instead of the flappy ones I have so I would have somewhere to keep my pencil. You have come up with a better solution by having a pencil through the bun in your hair. Sadly I am bald as well. Grrrr.....

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Haha.... sorry to rub it in 🤣

[@SiAnon]

Stand to one side while using that thing or you'll end up losing a leg.

[@jamescharlton924]

When do we get the TCD 2025 calendar? 😃😃

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Haha.... I can't imagine anyone wanting to buy it 😅

[@jamescharlton924]

@@TheCarpentersDaughterUK never have too much of you in anyone’s life lol! Well done on this work that evolution saw is a beast! My circular is bad enough from them!

[@richyandliz4802]

Hi Vicky interesting video. Always annoys me when you get level and plumb mixed up Its at 8.56 on this one. Please try and remember 😅

[@MK-yo4jn]

Another great video. Our fire stove installation company used fire safe plasterboard to cover the hole/gap around the 1930s fire surround when we took out the 1930s fire. I'll send you a picture on Instagram. Good luck, great idea to keep it and work with what you've got ❤