Help with chimney (Image)

[emilo]

Hello everyone.

I have installed a stove in an old chimney with an accompanying "chimney stack". It is bricked up through the roof where a metal plate with a metal pipe takes over (See image). No sealing was done between the brickwork and the metal, so the pressure test did not go well.

I have now removed the metal so that the brick is exposed (See the image in the next post). The chimney does not start from the ground floor but begins on the second floor. I can't determine if it's built into the wall (brick frame of the house) or stands on the intermediate floor. Because of this, I don't know if I dare to brick up the additional 1.5 meters needed.

Is there equivalent "light brick" that doesn't weigh as much that can be used for chimneys? Can the problem be solved affordably with metal and a metal pipe?

Does anyone have any insights on this?!

 

[emilo]

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[JonasHolm]

Can you not demolish the chimney and install a steel chimney?

Even if it is load-bearing, it should be possible to install a support beam, allowing you to remove it.

It seems strange to have a load-bearing chimney that doesn't run all the way from the bottom.

/Jonas

 

[gadeberg]

Is it just not possible to seal with some plaster between the pipe and the brickwork?

 

[emilo]

Hello.

You mean to use the old pipe that was there from the beginning?!

I've thought about reusing it and sealing it, but I don't know what can be used for sealing. Can it be sealed with plaster between the metal and brick??

// Emil