In our kitchen when we moved in there is an old chimney, the neighbour also has a chimney, part of the same stack but as far as I am aware they are not connected.
The plasterboard was buckled and badly damaged when we moved in. I thought it was going to be a straight forward fix; take the plasterboard off, tidy up whats underneath, new piece of board over the top, job done.
I took the broken board off and was greeted by the pictures below.
There is what seems to be a ventilation opening in the side and the cement render and brickwork underneath has broken and buckled causing the plaster to break.
My question is: how can I get another one of these aperture-type-things/what are they called?
My thinking is I can take the broken one out and do a straight swap and board back over but not knowing what the thing is makes it tricky.
I suppose the other option is to brick it up.
So, thoughts?
The plasterboard was buckled and badly damaged when we moved in. I thought it was going to be a straight forward fix; take the plasterboard off, tidy up whats underneath, new piece of board over the top, job done.
I took the broken board off and was greeted by the pictures below.
There is what seems to be a ventilation opening in the side and the cement render and brickwork underneath has broken and buckled causing the plaster to break.
My question is: how can I get another one of these aperture-type-things/what are they called?
My thinking is I can take the broken one out and do a straight swap and board back over but not knowing what the thing is makes it tricky.
I suppose the other option is to brick it up.
So, thoughts?
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