Tearing Down a Chimney in 2 Hours (Start to Finish) | Home Addition Ep. 2

We had to take down this 1979 chimney to connect our home addition — and I'd never done it before. Armed with a mini excavator, hammer chisel, and a jackhammer, here's how it went (spoiler: it only took about 2 hours).
This chimney originally served a wood stove in the basement, which we removed during the remodel — that stove now lives on in our backyard hockey rink warming house, and we installed a new wood stove on the first floor instead.

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In this video:

Breaking apart the chimney blocks above the roof, one at a time, with a rotary hammer drill and chisel
Using the mini excavator to push and collapse the main chimney structure
Removing the base/foundation with a jackhammer (first time using this tool — $150 on Amazon)
Hauling off 3,200 lbs of concrete debris (cost: $77 to dump)
Total time: about 2 hours for the chimney, plus 1.5 hours for disposal runs

This is Episode 2 of our Home Addition series, where we're documenting the entire build from start to finish — the wins, the mistakes, and the real costs involved. If you're new here, welcome — I'm Pete, and I hope this gives you ideas or at least a good look at what's involved in a project like this.
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🔗 Jackhammer: https://amzn.to/4p5rioV
🔗 Dump trailer (Southland Trailers, US/Canada): https://southlandtrailers.com/where-to-buy/#main
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0:00 Intro
0:24 Removing chimney above roof
1:52 Removing main chimney with mini excavator
4:17 Chimney foundation removal with Jackhammer
6:24 Disposal of chimney and wrap up

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