I'm planning to take down the rest of our interior, non used chimney in a few weeks. As I look at it more and more a joist, which has several others tied to it, appears to rest on the chimney, and the section below this point on the chimney is wider than above.
Mapping out the joists I quite confident I need a lally column at the far corner where the chimney and the (I believe) end of the beam are, and I went to a neighbor who doesn't have a chimney in the same location, and she, indeed, has a lally column there.
The problem is the only possible place to locate a jack post while I'm working is a very tight fit. The chimney is nearly 2 feet wide so I believe the joist rests on the chimney for 2 feet of its length. I'm considering putting in a jack post where I can/if I can, then trying to remove only the far chimney section of that side the joist is resting on, put the beam in and then remove the rest.
I have to think that a small footprint of bricks stacked up to that height would support as much as the bigger footprint currently is.
I am considering hiring an engineer or just leaving the basement section, but am trying to figure out if it even seems possible first.
Mapping out the joists I quite confident I need a lally column at the far corner where the chimney and the (I believe) end of the beam are, and I went to a neighbor who doesn't have a chimney in the same location, and she, indeed, has a lally column there.
The problem is the only possible place to locate a jack post while I'm working is a very tight fit. The chimney is nearly 2 feet wide so I believe the joist rests on the chimney for 2 feet of its length. I'm considering putting in a jack post where I can/if I can, then trying to remove only the far chimney section of that side the joist is resting on, put the beam in and then remove the rest.
I have to think that a small footprint of bricks stacked up to that height would support as much as the bigger footprint currently is.
I am considering hiring an engineer or just leaving the basement section, but am trying to figure out if it even seems possible first.