Demolish chimney stack?

[bolets]

We have just bought a cottage and are considering getting rid of the terrible chimney and replacing it with a new stove with one of those sleek black pipes going up through the roof. How do I go about it so the whole cottage doesn't collapse?

 

[Tyresö]

Most likely, the cottage is built around the chimney, making the chimney a supporting part of the construction. Anything can be rebuilt, but the question is how much work and money you think it's worth.

The only sensible suggestion I can offer is to keep the chimney and do something nice with it - new plaster or knock off the plaster and clear coat (dust seal) the bricks, etc., and install a wood-burning insert in the fireplace.

 

[Avemo]

What makes the chimney awful and how old is the house? If it's an old house, removing the chimney might not be a small task. I think it's more rational to tidy up the chimney than to demolish it. If you plaster and fill it smooth and paint it with some white heat-resistant paint, it can look really nice. Of course, you can do as you please in your house, but I think it feels like sacrilege to remove a functioning chimney from an old house. Even modern stoves can be connected to old chimneys.

Erik

 

[Mats]

An old proper chimney stack is also an excellent heat reservoir. You also get a very soft warmth from the chimney stack which, in any case, I find very pleasant in the morning after

 

[nimhed]

Lucky you didn't write this thread in the Byggnadsvårdstråden, you would have been lynched

 

[pinebar]

I agree!
Polish up or fix the old wall as you like and place the new stove in front. It will look nice. Besides, you need a fireproof wall behind your stove anyway. If you wanted a house without a chimney, you should have bought one from the start, I think.

 

[Tyresö]

If you wanted a house without a chimney, I think you should have bought one like that from the start.

The absolute best comment in this thread....

 

[eviljava]

...and replace it with a new stove with one of those sleek black pipes going up through the ceiling.

Are you serious? Do you really want to replace the chimney with a black metal pipe?

That's like saying, "Hey, I want to tear out my solid oak floor and install one of those sleek laminate floors from IKEA."

 

[Tyresö]

Are you serious? Do you really want to replace the chimney stack with a black metal pipe?

It's kind of like saying: "Hey, I want to tear out my massive oak floor and install one of those stylish laminate floors from IKEA".

Hahaha, this thread just keeps getting better.....

 

[bolets]

This cottage is located 200 meters from my house where I live, so I can't search for another cottage. And if I had torn down the chimney, it would have opened up nicely to the kitchen, but tomorrow the carpenter friend is coming and then we will talk about the chimney.

 

[Mats]

Without a floor plan, it's a bit difficult to guess, but I suspect it would be cheaper to do an open extension and, for example, place the kitchen there to achieve the opening you desire.

 

[Jan-Å]

It should be possible to replace the chimney with some form of solution with pillars, I assume? It's "just" a matter of identifying which parts rest on the chimney, but hopefully, the carpenter knows that. Wanting an open floor plan rather than having an old chimney is understandable, so I don't agree with all OT comments on that matter. The chimney in the cottage we converted into a house in the 80s was quite large and took up a lot of space; in a small area, it's understandable that one looks for alternative solutions.

 

[snuttjulle]

Can also in certain situations understand that it takes up a lot of space etc., but some houses look incredibly strange without the original chimney on the outside.
But can the chimney really be part of the load-bearing structure in a house?

 

[Milkshaken]

But can the chimney really be part of the load-bearing structure in a house?

Can it or can't it....In the past, there was no building-AMA or building advice, instead, the chimney mass was in the middle of the house, its foundation went all the way down into the ground, then the houses were built more or less around it, with various anchors... and stone plinth...

The advantage of the chimney going all the way down was that since people burned fuel every day, the radiant heat would go into the crawl space and in that way, warm the floors, and also keep moisture away, meaning no mold foundation there...
So, the chimney was among the most important parts of a house back then....

 

[Tyresö]

So the chimney was among the most important parts of a house in the past....

Just like the sauna is for Finns. Then they started by building the sauna house, before building the living house.