It turns out that they just dismantled it down below the roof line because they would no longer be using it as an exhaust vent and didn't want to have to roof around it if they didn't have to. Jodi asked if they were taking it down any further to which the owner replied that they weren't. They gave her the brick that they had taken down and she asked for them to let her know if they run across any more.
With the bug in the owner's ear, he changed his mind and told Jodi that I could take the chimney all the way down to the basement if I wanted the brick. Um... yes, please. So, I started working on it yesterday when I got home from work and managed to get the chimney worked down to just below the ceiling of the first floor.
It should go faster now that I have it accessible from the first floor. I was working in the attic which is not very fun to do in a gutted house. Carrying two 5-gallon buckets full of bricks while balancing on 2x4 ceiling joists makes me feel more like a circus act than a home renovator. But, the budget home renovator does what is necessary to get projects completed.
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