The view from Alf Jaworski's bedroom window will no longer contain the chimney on the right, with this photo being taken prior to demolition It has towered over the landscape for decades and for many, ...

One of the biggest uncertainties about a home renovation project is the structural element, and in particular what is involved in removing a chimney or fireplace. But it’s simpler than you think – you ...

The newspaper says engineers decided the stack was being held up by a web of reinforcement steel, or rebar, inside the tower. So the next plan was to use huge electrical saws to cut through the rebar.