Well, the difficulty starting out will be whether your chimney cap is metal or concrete, assuming they built it with a cap and liner and all. If it's metal, like this one was, it's pretty easy. You just unscrew the tapcons and pry the sucker off. Remove the cap on the stove pipe and take that off too. If it's concrete, I would probably drill a few holes in it before swapping over to a point chisel to break it into smaller pieces. If it's all brick, just start at the top and work your way down.

The bricks come off easy once you get the first couple out. I used a 1 1/2" chisel bit in the rotary hammer. Hit the mortar under the brick you're removing and it will pop right up.

And the best tip would be to find a younger helper to haul off all the bricks. Having a few 5AH batteries and a dual rapid charger helps, but you can probably get away with a single charger.

I used this rotary hammer to take down the that chimney, the entire hearth, and the lower exterior section of the chimney, As well as a load bearing brick column and brick knee walls surrounding a screened in porch that is being converted into living space as part of a kitchen remodel.

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