Pulling down chimney-from start to finish
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- We have had HEEEEEAS of requests for a follow up video regarding chimney works and the structure surrounding.
This is a video to show the works associated with pulling down a chimney only.
NEVER undertake works to a home that are structural and ALWAYS seek professional trades people
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I'm surprised no comments! Great job. I hate to see these old things go. I'm watching because my chimney is now dead. Prior owners used the fireplace as their personal garbage incinerator. When I cleaned out the cleanout, I found chicken bones, pork chop bones, hundreds of cig butts, foils from cigarette boxes, bits of paper, etc. They burned everything, and there was no chimney cap. The top of the chimney weeps into the attic through the brickwork. The mortar is finger-tip crumble. Brick in the fireplace throat turns to powder under a very light-weight wire brush. It's a pity. All that and I hate to remove her! But one good quake-shake and it'll be in my attic or even down a floor below that! Great video, many thanks. Sorry for the rambling!
Gday Blackswan, thanks for the feed back. its always great t oknow what others think and do with their humble abode.
keep up the awesomeness.
uncle joe joe
Great vid! Old construction very interesting. Thank you for explaining the old time craftsmanship, as well as the structural considerations to take into account during the demo and rebuild.
No matter where in the world you are, wood in direct contact with soil is a recipe for disaster!
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Excellent video. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
thanks for the video, especially the structural pointers.
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Congrats on the views mate keep it up. Really enjoying your channel.
Thanks HEEEEAPS Javier Sal..... Appreciate it ;) #stayawesome
fascinating. Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
#stayawesome
joe joe
Great video. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I have a house that was built in 1971 and I want to remove the fireplaces and chimney from it. It has a fireplace downstairs, and one upstairs that share a chimney and my biggest concern is that the house is resting on the chimney. I'm hoping that's not the case, but I am almost certain it is.
I mean, why wouldn't it be? Why would someone build a free-standing house around a fireplace, therefore making it easy to remove the fireplace???
Gday Phillip,
I have a number of videos regarding this; the surrounding area around a chimney and separating them at ground stage is of major importance in old homes.
thanks for watching and let me know if you need a particular video explaining something and ill do my best to get one up for you.
#stayawesome
joe joe
It appears that your chimney was structural in nature. Is this correct? My chimney is not structural, and I’d like to remove it myself. Is it necessary to add the supports in place if the chimney is not structural?
Gday Dexter,
Its of the utmost importance to support everything around the chimney.
the most important thing in any building practice is SAFETY.... with this in mind i can not recommend enough that the work be undertaken by a professional and yet if you still feel it your best bet to do it yourself make sure in everyway that all the surrounding structure is tied into each other & supported. this way if anything moves or slips it is stable.
all to often i have seen people take for granted that everything is stable and fixed & yet as soon as something is removed the ceiling or roof caves in.
#stayawesome
@@BeowulfBuilders Thanks. My chimney just consists of a chimney breast on the ground story of the house and the stack that continues into the attic. It does not protrude out of the top of the roof because that portion was removed when the roofers replaced the roof a year ago. Today I removed the portion of the chimney that remained inside the attic. It was not attached to anything, it was simple there inside the attic beneath the roof (not touching or supporting the roof at all). So I removed that portion completely without incident. The lower portion that is on my first floor, I am considering contacting a structural expert before removing that part. Thank you.
Well done Dexter.
you have taken care when pulling it down and understood your role in this process.
many people don't get the structural element
I need help, I am buying a house where kitchen is too small. I planned of making use of chimney as extractor as it is not shared with neighbours. The problem is the fire place is not in kitchen it’s in dining but the back wall of fire place chimney is in kitchen, now I want to open the back part of chimney breast and use space for cooker and as chimney as extraction. Please give me suggestions will this be possible opening back side of chimney breast.
Gday Ehousing,
there are a number of possibilities yet the age of the chimney and the way its made up play a MASSIVE part in the way we can alter it; are things built into it, is there any load bearing points connected, whats the mortar quality like etc.
#stayawesome
joe joe
Great video, thanks for sharing! I have a couple of questions:
1. Did you know about the brickwork bearing load beforehand, or you discovered that as you exposed that area just above the ceiling?
2. This seems obvious, but it was clearly easier to drop the discarded materials down the stack and carry them out from the opening at the base, rather than carry them off the roof, yes? Some of the other videos indicate that there might be dangers to that, but I think in your case (and mine), it fine since I'm removing the whole chimney.
My chimney is a former exhaust chimney for the old furnace and hot water tank. The chimney is in the center of the home and not used/required anymore. There is no opening at the base, so my plan is to expose a hole by removing a few bricks from the bottom first, then dropping material down the stack.
Thanks for your time!
Gday Sherman,
there are many ways to skin a cat..... and eac hand every project is different, no two are the same.
you sound as though you've done your homework, yet it ALWAYS pays to get a professional to look over your structure to ensure safe removal.
thanks for your feed back.
stay awesome
uncle joe joe
How would you infill ridge board if the chimney was located right at the ridge? 🤔
Hi Daniel,
there are a few different ways to do this yet hte simplest is to noggin from rafter to rafter & then laminate/extend your ridge through.
another option is to prop a few of the rafters & cut the ridge back about 1200mm ($foot) and extend a new ridge to just this part
#stayawesome
joe joe
What's the cost of a job like this? I just did 1 story interior 3ft wide 2ft thick stack 2 layers thick of brick plus the bottom
about $30,000 aus
Great video! Who was carrying all the brick out of the chimney? :)
EVERYONE had a turn
I tried to take down one of my chimneys, but it took longer than 16 minutes.
So my question is: how many man-hours were used to take down that chimney?
you are hilarious....16 minutes is the time to beat ;)
EVERY chimney is different, some are solid filled, some have a straight neck, some are fluted..... this all plays a part in how we pull them down.
#stayawesome
joejoe
I was just curious as to how long it took to do that particular chimney.
I have four that have to come out of one house, so I'm trying to get a guage on how long it might take.
Thanx for the shout-out!
Is it possible that the original builder used a brick foundation instead of a concrete one?
Gday Stephen,
Yes, there are many different ways to start of a brick structure, some of which asre deamed structurly unsound. i have a video on this where we needed to free float the chimney from the finished floor....check it out and let me know if you need more info
stay awesome
uncle joe joe
@@BeowulfBuilders I recently ran into this trying to rebuild the firebox in our family farmhouse. Have you seen this type design? th-cam.com/video/Nyg-D8IEJ5Y/w-d-xo.html
Gday Broken Dash,
YEPAHHH defiantly seen these before. the sand is a base for a Base !!! Sand has an AMAZING ability to be compacted and used as a foundation base as well as heat absorption qualities. The few i have seen like this have a very thin base ontop of the sand, such as a basic mortar, usually formed out of clay and a bonding agent.
Stay Awesome
joe joe
Was that taken out of a load bearing wall then?
Gday Allen,
all Walls have an element of "load" to them and when pulling out a center point feature, such as a chimney, the load and bracing will shift.
people often forget or underestimate the importance of bracing and how it applies to the load/weight shift.
ALWAYS ensure that your works prepare for this shift / weight transfer and everything is braces and proped in accordance of this.
stay awesome
joe joe
@@BeowulfBuilders see I'm getting ready to take mine out and the wall it was in wasn't load bearing and it runs in between my rafters and the floor joist I think the only load is where it goes through the peak of the roof
Gday Again Allen,
Be careful about the rafters and the ceiling joist intersections around where the chimney is....very often we run strutting beams or hanging beams to pick up and/or prop these areas
there are HEEEEAPS of videos about this in the Beowulf builders channel
stay awesome
joe joe
@@BeowulfBuilders hey thanks for the info this will really help alot to know what to look for as it's coming out thanks again
I cringe at that horrible wiring job in the attic and besides, there should be proper insulation up there too, completely cleaned out.
Gday Lex,
We totally and completely agree. When ever starting a project like this we cut off all electrical throughout the house and put a power point at the fuse box only. If able, we also install new wiring throughout the home, this way we can ensure safety to the occupants and the owners.
There is a video about this on the Beowulf builders channel if you go through a few of the episodes
stay awesome
joe joe
Why is Manny wearing his safety glasses in his hair :)
Handy Manny ???!
i think we saw this tv show YEARS ago but not for very long
hahahahha/jajajajja
hilarious though
joe joe
The government should fund the removal of chimneys in homes, these structures are just super annoying and are basically useless
Chimneys in a hanok house are very useful
understanding hte position of hte chimney adn the way it can play a part in thermal comfort is a BIG plus
#stayawesome
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