We have another chimney to removed. It has been on our to-do list for a while now, but the weather hasn't been dry for several days in a row, so we've been waiting. Now it's dry and boy, oh, boy is it hot.
There isn't much sticking out the top. Only about 4 feet. But the roof is very steep.
The first plan was for Walt Kowalski to get onto the upper roof from the lower back porch roof.
He looked and tried. Then we looked and tried a different angle. Then we looked some more.
Getting UP wasn't the problem. Getting DOWN and getting down quickly was the concern.
We had ropes and braces and boards. We even started to put boards on the roof for him to "walk" down. The 3" screws we were using weren't log enough. The previous owners put a layer of plywood over the old roof, then shingled. Walt Kowalski needed 5" screws to go through the 2x4, shingles, plywood, and hit a stud in the attic. This was becoming too difficult.
So the chimney stood another day and back to the home improvement store we went. We were looking for ideas.
We found it. A vent. Instead of removing the chimney from on top of the roof, he would cut a hole in the roof for a vent and remove the chimney from inside the attic.
Much safer. More steps for me to carry the bricks down, though. But not falling off the roof is always in my agenda.
We have the chimney removed just under the roofline. We also took a few minutes to brace the remaining chimney in the attic, because when you look at it from below, it had a lean. It always had a lean. It looks like someone cut the hole in the roof at the same time someone was building the chimney and they didn't talk so it was off by about 1 foot.
Kinda funny, but not surprising.
Stay tuned for more.
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