Dan,
I had one of these supported in this manor in one of my apartments, And it is
still there after 90 plus years.
RJ
P. S. If I was remodeling and still was in the rental business, I most likely
would have removed it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Handyman List
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 10:13 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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