A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick
stack going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge.
Is it just me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new
idea? Not sure I'd like to be underneath in a high wind.

Peter Scott

Peter Scott coughed up some electrons that declared:

A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick
stack going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge.
Is it just me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new
idea? Not sure I'd like to be underneath in a high wind.

Peter Scott

Filming for the next episode of Bobski the Builder?

"Peter Scott" wrote in message
om...
A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick stack
going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge. Is it just
me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new idea? Not sure I'd
like to be underneath in a high wind.

Peter Scott


does it have precast flus pieces ... bricking off top of those would be an
option I guess.

Peter Scott wrote:
A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick
stack going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge.
Is it just me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new
idea? Not sure I'd like to be underneath in a high wind.

Peter Scott

Well it MIGHT be purely decorative, or in fact its simply being used as
a decorative top to a stainless steel flue.

Peter Scott wrote:
A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But
there's nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge
trying to make out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty
space. No brick stack going down to the ground. The brickwork is
sitting on the ridge. Is it just me not looking carefully enough
before, or is this a new idea? Not sure I'd like to be underneath in
a high wind.

Let me guess. You either work in a brewery or a distillery right?

:-)



--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In article ,
Peter Scott writes:
A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick
stack going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge.
Is it just me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new
idea? Not sure I'd like to be underneath in a high wind.

Yes, I saw several of these going up about 3 years ago.
Fortunately I was walking past at the time, not driving;-)
I can't recall exact details, but the roof was only the timber
A-frames, and there were a row of brick chimneys pirched
along the apex, with nothing underneath. I think they were
setting on what was presumably a steel plate sitting on the
rafters. I didn't see any of the stacks being built, and it
could be they were just cardboard boxes with brick faces
glued on.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Peter Scott writes:
A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick
stack going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge.
Is it just me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new
idea? Not sure I'd like to be underneath in a high wind.

Yes, I saw several of these going up about 3 years ago.
Fortunately I was walking past at the time, not driving;-)
I can't recall exact details, but the roof was only the timber
A-frames, and there were a row of brick chimneys pirched
along the apex, with nothing underneath. I think they were
setting on what was presumably a steel plate sitting on the
rafters. I didn't see any of the stacks being built, and it
could be they were just cardboard boxes with brick faces
glued on.

That's a relief. I can smile at the guys with the straight-jackets
again. Nothing at all underneath. No pipes nor ducts. Just the timber
and fresh air.

I wondered if it was plastic, but couldn't see the point of it. Why not
just have a stub of metal?

I wondered if it was plastic, but couldn't see the point of it. Why
not just have a stub of metal?

I suspect that comment will get you on the a little list at CABE - if
their white-coated guys have not already collected you.
--
Robin

neverwas wrote:

Someone else wrote:
I wondered if it was plastic, but couldn't see the point of it. Why
not just have a stub of metal?

I suspect that comment will get you on the a little list at CABE - if
their white-coated guys have not already collected you.

I knew of a barn conversion once where the owner wanted to build a
chimney, but the listed buildings officers refused and made him install
a stainless steel flue. They said a chimney was not a traditional
feature of a barn, and they preferred any alterations to be obvious.
--
Hugo Nebula
"If no-one on the internet wants a piece of this,
just how far from the pack have you strayed"?

Hugo Nebula wrote:
neverwas wrote:

Someone else wrote:
I wondered if it was plastic, but couldn't see the point of it. Why
not just have a stub of metal?

I suspect that comment will get you on the a little list at CABE - if
their white-coated guys have not already collected you.

I knew of a barn conversion once where the owner wanted to build a
chimney, but the listed buildings officers refused and made him install
a stainless steel flue. They said a chimney was not a traditional
feature of a barn, and they preferred any alterations to be obvious.

I live in a barn conversion. The difference is that it was converted to
a house about 150 years ago. Guess what? They built in two chimneys. I
sometimes think the planners and other busybodies live in a parallel
universe where the only rules are those they dream up now. No sense of
history or perhaps just no sense.

Peter Scott

"Peter Scott" wrote in message
om...
A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick stack
going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge. Is it just
me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new idea? Not sure I'd
like to be underneath in a high wind.

Peter Scott

prefabricated chimney top?

http://www.mi-flues.com/pdfs/mf22brochure.pdf

"Mj" wrote in message
...
"Peter Scott" wrote in message
om...
A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick stack
going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge. Is it
just me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new idea? Not
sure I'd like to be underneath in a high wind.

Peter Scott

prefabricated chimney top?

http://www.mi-flues.com/pdfs/mf22brochure.pdf




Amazing - I'll have 4 that will impress the neighbours!

John wrote:
"Mj" wrote in message
...
"Peter Scott" wrote in message
om...
A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick stack
going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge. Is it
just me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new idea? Not
sure I'd like to be underneath in a high wind.

Peter Scott
prefabricated chimney top?

http://www.mi-flues.com/pdfs/mf22brochure.pdf




Amazing - I'll have 4 that will impress the neighbours!


You get right to the bottom before you discover that they are made of
steel. Biggest is 90kg. 'Easily fitted by two people'!! It's a bit
phoney isn't it, or is it just me being a purist.

Peter Scott wrote:

A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath.

Plastic chimneys, just there for show.
There is a row of new terraced houses near to me where they had the same
thing done, the chimneys were stacked to one side for a few weeks until
the roof was finished, then stuck on.
Apparently, the planners had to make the new houses blend in with the
area, and, they did, from a distance, they look like old terrace houses.
Alan.

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In article ,
(A.Lee) writes:
Peter Scott wrote:

A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath.

Plastic chimneys, just there for show.
There is a row of new terraced houses near to me where they had the same
thing done, the chimneys were stacked to one side for a few weeks until
the roof was finished, then stuck on.
Apparently, the planners had to make the new houses blend in with the
area, and, they did, from a distance, they look like old terrace houses.

I didn't know you could get them with misaligned brick courses,
wonky pots, the pointing missing, and a large clump of grass
growing out the top? ;-)

I've also got visions of an aerial installer tighening the
chimney strap and the chimney puckering in around the middle :-)

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

In article ,
A.Lee wrote:
Peter Scott wrote:

A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath.

Plastic chimneys, just there for show.
There is a row of new terraced houses near to me where they had the same
thing done, the chimneys were stacked to one side for a few weeks until
the roof was finished, then stuck on.
Apparently, the planners had to make the new houses blend in with the
area, and, they did, from a distance, they look like old terrace houses.

Same round near where I live - a new smallish estate went up a few years
back with "chimneys" on top to blend-in with the surrounding houses...

Gordon

"Gordon Henderson" wrote in message
...
In article ,
A.Lee wrote:
Peter Scott wrote:

A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But
there's
nothing underneath.

Plastic chimneys, just there for show.
There is a row of new terraced houses near to me where they had the same
thing done, the chimneys were stacked to one side for a few weeks until
the roof was finished, then stuck on.
Apparently, the planners had to make the new houses blend in with the
area, and, they did, from a distance, they look like old terrace houses.

Same round near where I live - a new smallish estate went up a few years
back with "chimneys" on top to blend-in with the surrounding houses...

Gordon


See
http://www.premierbuildingproducts.c...ages/index.php

Same round near where I live - a new smallish estate went up a few years
back with "chimneys" on top to blend-in with the surrounding houses...

Gordon

Stupid idiotic planning ideology ;(....
--
Tony Sayer

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:43:04 +0100, Peter Scott wrote:

A house is being built on my route home. The chimney just went on. The
chimney sits on the roof - two pots and it looks like brick. But there's
nothing underneath. I nearly crashed into the grass verge trying to make
out whether I was seeing things. But no - just empty space. No brick
stack going down to the ground. The brickwork is sitting on the ridge.
Is it just me not looking carefully enough before, or is this a new
idea? Not sure I'd like to be underneath in a high wind.

Saw one of these going up onto an old people's home being built round here
(out on the A4 towards Twyford from Reading). I guess it was fibreglass or
suchlike and purely decorative to give the place a homey feel rather than
looking like a granny processing unit.

The name the place had was (is) most ironic/sad: The Sunrise Home.


--
John Stumbles

Hypnotising Hypnotists Can Be Tricky