Oh, Dan, I've removed the entire chimney. If your wife likes the chimney for
aesthetics you can always get a plastic one like those plastic santa's you put
on your roof. santa will still be able to fit down that plastic one, believe
me.
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Engebretson Jr.
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Supporting a chimney
It's very realistic to remove chimney. Just a little engineering involved
which equalls dollars, of course. In both houses I have I've removed the
chimneys because they were over 100 years old and serious earthquake and storm
risks.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Handyman List
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:13 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Supporting a chimney
We have begun interviewing contractors to remodel our kitchen. One issue
we have been working around is that there is a chimney running from the
basement, up through the kitchen, and on up through the second floor and
roof, obviously. The hot water tank that had been venting through that
chimney has been moved, so nothing is actually using the chimney any more.
Our plan is to expose the brick of the chimney, it has been plastered over
possibly since it was built, 80 years ago. However, the first contractor
we spoke to asked if we had considered removing that part of the chimney
to just get it out of the way. I told him that I had thought of it, but
didn't think it would be possible to remove the middle of a chimney. I
mean, I assume those things are a tad bit heavy. This contractor implied
that he could remove the middle of the chimney and still support the upper
part from the ceiling joists.
Does this sound realistic?
--
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu
Tel: (412) 268-9081
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