Joseph Meehan wrote:
Elliott P wrote:
And if so can I do it myself...?

I've posted several times about this new house I'm prepping to live
in. The work is going great and I've got about 5 different quote from
5 different HVAC contractors. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with a
92+ furnace and a high efficiency water heater. The chimney, once
used to burn coal, and then more recently, oil, thus no longer serves
any purpose.

The chimney is cracking but does not appear horribly dangerous, and
there are 8 other houses on the street with the exact same setup. I'm
wondering if it would be a real hassle to get up there with a chisel
and break it down? I guess there's no harm in keeping it, but I'm
trying to compare costs of removing the thing, and just letting it
stay.

Here's a picture where you can somewhat see the chimney:

http://flickr.com/photos/talllguy/11...7594057780280/

Basically:
* How much would it cost to have taken down by someone else?
* How hard would it be for me and some friends?
* Why not just leave it?

Thanks!

That picture helps.

If it were mine, I would like to get rid of it, but I would wait until
it was time for a new roof. Right now the chimney is likely the weak point
in the roof so I would want to get rid of it, but doing so would make a new
roofing problem. Much less of a problem to take it out when you re-roof.

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Joseph Meehan

Dia duit


Isn't clear from that picture to me if the chimney goes through the
roof or along the back side of the house we can't see. In any case,
the key questions a

Why remove it, except for that it looks ugly?

What has to be done to cover up either the hole or where it runs along
the side of the house?

Assuming you want to get rid of it, you can do it yourself, but as
someone already pointed out, to do it safely will likely require
renting a bucket/lift of some type.