make it a laundry shoot. :)
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Alan & Terrie Robbins wrote: > 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] > >
