Removing fireplace and chimney - Cal Bung

Looking at buying a weatherboard Californian bungalow with Lath and Plaster walls.

The property has two brick fireplaces with chimneys. Are these easy to remove?

Hard to work out how they fit in structurally.

 

Usually quite costly and why some just cover them over and cap the chimney.
Gonna leave a big hole and with lath and plaster its not gonna be good. One bit leads to another.... Not a heritage issue is it ?

Many retrofit them with closed combustion or gas to fill the space and avoid the mess. If heritage plays a part that could be a mistake.

 

*sigh* totally agree with you. The wife wants to remove them to make way for built in robes. I think if we commit to replastering the walls then it is probably an option, albiet costly.

 

There's 5 - 6 m of brickwork above that ceiling. You can't just remove the firebox and flatten the wall without resupporting the structure above (deep pockets required).

Demolitiion will be slow and done by hand (unless you want a big hole in your roof tiles). You're roof tiles (if original) will be very brittle too, so they'll need replacing as well as a few additional ones to fill the hole.