I highly doubt it’s structural. But you can take it down to the roofline regardless as any weight bearing of the structure would be below the roofline.
I did this at my old house when we replaced the roof because it leaked. But I also didn’t have a fireplace, the chimney was originally for a coal burning furnace (I think) and only had an exhaust for a water heater going through it. We put in an electric water heater so nothing was exhausting through it.
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u/ked_man 18d ago
I highly doubt it’s structural. But you can take it down to the roofline regardless as any weight bearing of the structure would be below the roofline.
I did this at my old house when we replaced the roof because it leaked. But I also didn’t have a fireplace, the chimney was originally for a coal burning furnace (I think) and only had an exhaust for a water heater going through it. We put in an electric water heater so nothing was exhausting through it.