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Thanks so much for the replies! Attached are a few more pictures, hopefully that'll make it clearer.
Picture a) Picture of row of bricks that might be partially embedded into the wall.
Picture b) Picture of fireplace chimey on the exterior
Picture c) Picture of the blueprints of the fireplace
Looking at picture a), these are the bricks that made me stop the demolition, as some of all the bricks appear may be partially embedded into the exposed wall, which might be the exterior wall. And even if they are not embedded into the wall, they are cemented into the wall. That's why I was afraid to touch these ones.
Out of the bricks I've already demolished, I'm quite sure they are all purely for aesthetics and have no structural value to the wall, as none of them were touching any part of the exposed wall. Between the bricks I've demolished and the exposed wall, it was actually a hollow cavity.
Yeah I guess I should go buy a new fireplace first so that'll give me a better idea on the design requirements of that new fireplace. I no one can confirm whether the bricks in questions can be knocked out, I guess I'll leave them in and build around that.
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