redundant chimney stacks - to remove or not to remove

[Nige F]

Cor Blimey - you could knock me dahn wiv a fever , what a `ows yer farver over a pair of stacks - I `ve run me rods up a good few of them back in the good old days - nah all the works I gets for me an Mary are guest appearances at weddings . No smoke in The smoke nowadays Get `em dahn I says

 

[ed110220]

First question is do you like the chimneys?

I tend to think in general, original features should be kept where possible, but on the other hand I can't say I like them. It's all a matter of taste. Victorian brickwork isn't to my taste - too unfriendly and grimy looking... but then I've spent ages restoring a 1940s ironwork porch and railings many people don't like but I do.

From a purely practical point of view you are surely better off removing them, less maintenance, less possibility of leaking, if you want solar thermal or PV less risk of shading etc.

Ed