I just looked at a job on a seventy-ish ranch that has a leaky roof where it was improperly flashed along the masonry chimney. The HO is hiring a pro roofer to fix the roof leak and wants me to do the wall and floor work. The only concern I’ve got is replacing the double studs running next to the chimney and maybe the next stud over. The sheathing is (was) the black insul-board crap that we see on many houses that age. Is it possible to replace these studs from the inside w/o knocking out the brick? I’ve thought about pulling the rotten studs/insulboard out and sliding a pre-built stud and plywood panel and nailing it to the good stud on one end and tap-conning to the chimney on the other. Another concern is not having any masonry clips attached to this section of brick. What are your opinions? Thanks as always.
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I belive that no wood members of framing are to rest on or be directly fastened to a chimney. S o I would reframe around the brick work and bill accordingly.
Good point. I was just going on what was there originally. They had a double butted right up on the brick.
In these parts, framing has to be at least 2" away from any chimney.
I`ll second that.......2" from a masonry chimney.
J. D. Reynolds
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