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Constructing a kitchen chimney breast

6 years ago

Hi Everyone, Im coming to the end of my kitchen project but I have this dilemma, my builder can't seem to figure out a safe way to construct a chimney breast to house the fan above the hob and ovens. Any help and advice with what material used would be appreciated.

In my head a standard timber frame with pink plasterboard then skim it with plaster seems very logical. What do you think?

Here is the space right now, i have 300mm after the ovens each side of the worktop:

And this is the kind of look i want to achieve:

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mummymaruk
6 years ago
Hi, I don't know if this is any help, but when the man came to fit my log burner he lined the back and sides of the hole in the chimney breast with fire board (I think that's what he called it), it looked the same as plaster board but it was white and I don't think it needed skimming I just painted it. It maybe didn't need skimming because each side was one piece with no joins and I'm assuming it's called fire board because it's fire retardant. Sorry to sound a bit vague, it was 3 years ago and obviously your builder would have to check it out for safety, but maybe there's some fireproof material that he could use to build the frame with too. My brother had a fake chimney breast built for his log burner also, so you could possibly check out a company that sells and installs log burners for advice?
Jonathan
6 years ago
I wouldn't put the legs of the chimney all the way down to the worktop. Personally I think it looks better as illustrated but also there is more work surface, and the material used in the construction of the chimney will be a safe distance away from the hob.
If you are set on the picture you used then gypsum is naturally fire retardant, as is stone and tiles.
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whizzywig
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I would agree with Jonathan - don't go the whole way down to the worktop. We are living with that at the moment and it's just a pain - splashes from the hob muck it up, it's awkward to put stuff down nearby and I think you'll regret it. It should be a lot easier to wall-mount one of solutions suggested above - do the kitchen suppliers have a canopy available in the range you've done the kitchen in..?

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