Moving a Queenslander with a brick chimney

[princhester]

SWMBO and I are rather stupidly considering purchase of a "renovator's delight" queenslander. Logically, you'd move the house. It's not built in the best place on the block. Of course, this is routinely done with queenslanders. However, this house has a brick chimney and working fireplaces and they're rather charming. Is it possible to move a queenslander and keep a brick chimney? Do you have to demolish it and start again, or do those clever clogs house mover blokes have ways of moving the house chimney and all?

[ozwinner]

SWMBO and I are rather stupidly considering purchase of a "renovator's delight" queenslander. Logically, you'd move the house. It's not built in the best place on the block. Of course, this is routinely done with queenslanders. However, this house has a brick chimney and working fireplaces and they're rather charming. Is it possible to move a queenslander and keep a brick chimney? Do you have to demolish it and start again, or do those clever clogs house mover blokes have ways of moving the house chimney and all?

Take plenty of pictures of the chimney.

When the house has been moved show the pictures to the bricklayer who you get to build the new chimney.

Its the only way sorry to say.

I hope you can find a brickie who knows how to build chimneys.

I have done heaps of them, just pay the petrol for me to come up and for the work I do, and Im there.

Al

[princhester]

Hmmm. Thought that might be the case. Thanks Ozwinner. I suspect you'll be retired before we get our act together and are ready for your services, though!

[ozwinner]

Hmmm. Thought that might be the case. Thanks Ozwinner. I suspect you'll be retired before we get our act together and are ready for your services, though!

Im only 52 and dont plan to retire until Im 97, so you have plenty of time, dont rush.

Al

[echnidna]

Al is totally right.
Building chimneys is an art, so stick to a bricky who can build them properly

[princhester]

Im only 52 and dont plan to retire until Im 97, so you have plenty of time, dont rush.

Al

45 years. We might be ready by then if we go a bit faster than usual, but I doubt it.

[peter_sm]

Whoo hoo We are in Melb, and a chimney would look cool on our 1952 weatherboard. Will keep you in mind.