Q:I have a 50-year-old one-story freestanding brick chimney with one flue (see photo). A chimney sweep recently did an inspection and noted the part of the chimney extending above the roofline could ...

Information from this article was first published in Demolition Magazine and is being reused with permission from the National Demolition Association. Thirty five seconds was all it took for 12,000 ...

Q:We searched for ways to brace our chimney and were referred to a chimney builder by an earthquake retrofitting company. I don't recall the specifics but the job involved steel rods inside all four ...

UK-based Bierrum International has developed its own specialist solution to the problem of tall chimney demolition. D&RI reports. Over the years, a variety of different techniques have been used to ...