Chimney removal

[Profpudding]

Hello, I wondered if anybody who is living in a terraced House has ever had a chimney removed entirely even if it was a shared chimney ?
Our needs re-pointing as an absolute minimum but by the time you’ve paid out for the scaffolding honestly it might as well come down. It’s over 100 years old. Would probably kill someone if a piece fell off it. And repointing seems to be almost the same cost as Removal
I don’t think Next Door will be willing to contribute towards that cost.
Is it all or nothing?
I literally cannot imagine them chopping out my half of the chimney
And if they did that and it ended up falling on my roof anyway that’s somewhat defeats the purpose
Could I ask what people’s experience are please?

Yes it's all or nothing, you can't take down half a chimney. We've removed three chimneys and you need a party wall agreement for a shared one.

Do you mean just the stack above the roof level. Or the chimney breasts inside too?

Party wall agreement needed - absolutely.

They’re often part of the structure of the house in terraces so whilst it’s possible we were told leaving half a stack would a) look ridiculous b) be unlikely to be safe enough to pass regs. It just wouldn’t be safe in high winds for example and you’d have a lot of rebuilding to do.

If you remove the whole stack you’re removing your neighbours option of ever using an open fireplace for that chimney in future. I’d repoint/make sure it’s structurally sound.

There are other options for an open fire that don’t involve that chimney. I’ve got one at the front of the house so they’d still have that option.

I would quite like the chimney breast removing internally as well but one thing at a time in terms of costs I’ve been quoted £3000 just to get the chimney down

I wonder if that price is because it's high up? I just paid about £700 for a chimney removal in London but the guy did it without scaffolding (1st floor).

Really would you mind DM me his number? I will literally pay for his hotel overnight. We’re not far from London 40 minutes up the M1.
And it’s only on the first floor

Actually, no sorry. I’ve just read that back to myself. It’s not on the first floor is it? It’s the second so we’ve got the ground floor than the first floor and then the chimney is on top of that.