I have an old chimney where a gas boiler was previously connected. The chimney is no longer used - neither on the floor below nor above.
The plan is to remove part of it so that I get a 90-degree corner in the room. The right side of the chimney I can thus keep.
As far as I can see, the chimney has no other function, such as supporting the floor structure. When I read up on how to do it, it seems the process is similar to tearing down a load-bearing wall - you have to offset/release it in some way.
My questions are:
What does the workflow look like in practice?
Do you start by removing bricks from the middle up and then support the upper rows?
How do you make a permanent release before installing a new ceiling?
