Hi, we're about to remove a brick chimney in our one story 100 year old home. It's between two bedrooms. Does anyone know if it's necessary to remove it completely, in order to be safe in an earthquake, or is removing it to ceiling height adequate! Cheers.
budgel,
Mar 3, 12:30am
Down to ceiling height will be an improvement, but remove the whole thing to be sure. Save the bricks for landscaping.
max.headroom,
Mar 3, 12:45am
Take it all out ,then nothing can fall anywhere, You must gain some space out of it
digger148,
Mar 3, 12:56am
We took a chimney out between two bedrooms, the space makes a seriously big wardrobe.
ossieborn,
Mar 3, 12:59am
+1 for this
sparkyz,
Mar 3, 1:04am
We took back to back fire places out to below floor level about 17 years ago. The 50year old mortar just fell apart, so when the quakes hit we were very glad we didn't have a brick chimney. If you go to the trouble to take it down to ceiling level, you might as well do the job properly and get rid of it totally. Turn the hole into a wardrobe.
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zak410,
Apr 1, 6:10am
Remove it all is best for all the reasons above;
but removing to the ceiling height, (from the top lol) would be a great safety improvement : no more bricks falling on heads !
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