I'm planning to demo a chimney that runs up the middle of the house and is unused. Previously have removed above the roof line and the second floor portions.
I'm going do to the first floor and hopefully basement at the same time. My issue that looking as best I can from the basement up a rafter beam appears to rest on the chimney. It's on the far side of course, so I can only see it from one spot.
Mapping out the 1st floor joists I believe a lally column, placed in the far corner where the chimney is now will hold that joist up. My neighbor doesn't have a chimney there and sure enough, there's a lally column right where I thought one needs to go.
The issue is getting it there. There's a possibility of a spot to put a temp jack post but I'm not sure, it would be very tight and not really near the edge of that beam. Just thinking as I go forward:
If I remove a section of the chimney, trying to split out the bricks, will half the chimney on the side hold the same weight the whole chimney on that side did? Asked another way, if a beam is resting on three feet of chimney (horizontally) will it do equally well on 1.5 feet, temporarily?
If this doesn't make sense I'll try to draw or picture or take photos. Thanks!
I'm going do to the first floor and hopefully basement at the same time. My issue that looking as best I can from the basement up a rafter beam appears to rest on the chimney. It's on the far side of course, so I can only see it from one spot.
Mapping out the 1st floor joists I believe a lally column, placed in the far corner where the chimney is now will hold that joist up. My neighbor doesn't have a chimney there and sure enough, there's a lally column right where I thought one needs to go.
The issue is getting it there. There's a possibility of a spot to put a temp jack post but I'm not sure, it would be very tight and not really near the edge of that beam. Just thinking as I go forward:
If I remove a section of the chimney, trying to split out the bricks, will half the chimney on the side hold the same weight the whole chimney on that side did? Asked another way, if a beam is resting on three feet of chimney (horizontally) will it do equally well on 1.5 feet, temporarily?
If this doesn't make sense I'll try to draw or picture or take photos. Thanks!