I think that is why he is suggesting only removing the middle of the chimney, don't have to deal with the roof issues and such. I think that removing the entire thing would get to be more of a project than we really want to invest in this tiny house. I'd rather keep the whole thing than remove the whole thing.
The contractors point of view was that the weight of the upper part of the chimney isn't all on the ceiling joists because it is all mortared together. My point is that mortar isn't forever, and it isn't great in tention. I think it is more work and cost than we really want to do. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081
