How do I remove a chimney? - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
2012年10月19日 · I've looked online and it seems that you just need to get an air hammer, chisel out the mortar and remove the chimney brick by brick. Then patch up the roof and the floor. The chimney sits on its own foundation in the crawlspace, so I'd have to frame and cover the floor as well as the ceiling. The chimney is in the middle of the house and is ...
How to properly close a chimney hole in the basement
Put a long skinny bolt in the center to use as a handle. Insert the metal and move it until it is flush against the back blocking the hole. You can then put a scrap of wood with a hole drilled in the center over the bolt and use a nut to secure the metal plate against the back of the hole in the flue. This will stop your mortar from falling ...
Efflorescence on chimney bricks inside the house
2024年2月5日 · The mortar looks wet with liquid moisture signs. You could easily have water seaping into your chimney from the roof and running down the inside of the chimney. You might also just have moisture from the furnace exhaust condensing somewhere on the inside cold surface of the chimney and running back down. – Fresh Codemonger.
How do I clean up a brick chimney running through the inside of …
2017年4月8日 · This was happening because the original house had a furnace (coal maybe) that used the chimney but now it only has a hot water heater going into it. So the chimney is too large and the gas exhaust doesn't go fast enough out and moisture collects on the chimney walls and seeps through the bricks, that and natural gas exhaust is acidic I believe ...
Damp patch on the chimney wall - Home Improvement Stack …
2015年11月13日 · The second school of thought is to increase air flow. The theory is that, with constant air flow, moisture that settles on the inner surfaces of the flue will be evaporated. For this system to work, the flue has to pull in dryer, ambient air from a lower floor; this requires creating an opening below the damp area.
Water heater exhausting inside house - Home Improvement Stack …
2022年9月14日 · Weather here is different. Mornings in summer are 45 ro 52. Afternoons 78 ro 86. House stays in the 66 ro 80 range. It is always hotter outside in summertime Afternoons. House insulated very well. Temp matters not because of air going out, but replacement air coming in. When cooler inside, air doesn't come in well to replace air going out, so ...
How to support a partially demolished chimney
2017年8月21日 · Here's a diagram of the current situation: There are two sturdy beams supporting the roof near the partially demolished chimney. I was thinking of bolting two perpendicular support beams onto them, with a layer of concrete forming plywood resting on top of them, below the chimney. I figured I could then build up a brick support that the chimney ...
How would one extract a brick chimney embedded in the middle …
Just wanted to make sure this was recorded: Be careful to look at what else the chimney may be supporting, In my 1880's house, the base of the chimney used to help support the ground floor's main beam; that eventually faled which is why the beam now has columns under it (and why the dining room, and the bedroom above it, have tilted floors).
attic - What is the best way to close gaps between a chimney and …
Pretty much any fix that you attempt from the inside has the potential to create issues in addition to the primary problem, which is that your chimney isn't properly flashed. Spraying foam or shooting caulking/tar into the gap is very likely to create water traps somewhere in the roof decking, most likely underneath the existing flashing.
Why is smoke entering my home through the fireplace?
2014年3月25日 · Look up from the inside of the hearth and you'll likely see a handle or chain. Generally you cannot see the sky, even with the damper open. If the house is new to you, but not new, have the chimney inspected, and the nice person who does the work will give you tips on fire starting. Shrub clippings are likely too fresh to burn without excessive ...