Dan, Boy you guys are sure busy with that palace.
Regarding the chimney, I'm sure anything can be done. I know there has been a fair response to this post but part of the answer may be in cost. How much would it cost to beef up the floor to support the remainder versus just taking it out? Also, by only removing part with that cause further deterioration of the remainder with time? Which room does the chimney go through on the second floor and what issues would that raise in removing? I think there is a lot to consider with this type thing. Often it leads to things not even contemplated up front. Keep us posted on this. Al -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 10:14 PM To: Blind Handyman List 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
