Hi, I have questions about one of our chimneys. Is it okay to remove the section that is angled against the actual chimney?
Our house was built around 1910 and we are going to renovate the kitchen. To achieve the floor plan, it would be good to remove all or parts of the wall angled towards the actual chimney shaft. This section seems to go up to the intermediate floor but no further.
As I understand it, it can have several functions. Partly as a fire wall in conjunction with the main wall that provides a corner for wood stoves and tiled stoves to stand in, partly as a support leg for the actual chimney stack, and partly as a load-bearing element for the floor structure.
On the upper floor, there are no tiled stoves around this chimney, so replacing the intermediate floor (to the extent it rests on the wall) should be reasonably simple. The function as a fire wall is not relevant. It remains to be seen if the stability of the chimney stack is compromised if the "support" from the angled wall is removed?
