My project for the next couple days
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Diabel
Minister of Fire
I thought you were going to say “finally removing the BK from my house”.
btw i love my gas fireplace! Good luck with the project.
btw i love my gas fireplace! Good luck with the project.
Diabel
Minister of Fire
It crossed my mind, but i think i was being funny anyways. Happy Monday!
Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
That must be interesting working on fireplaces/chimneys at are probably at least a couple hundred years old.
spudman99
Feeling the Heat
That must be harder work on your back, having to knell, sit or hunch to lay blocks, stand up to mix mortar or get supplies. I suppose you are doing this by yourself. Having a second hand makes a huge difference, but often times the job cost does not permit that luxury.
There is no kneeling or working on your back on this one. It is 5' tall. And I have a tender. It is cheaper for the customer for me to have one. But regardless this isn't cheap.
SpaceBus
Minister of Fire
I am amazed at how many chimneys were made with wood and mud, even in North America. With some of our free time we have been learning about Tudor and Victorian life, which involved a lot of house fires and CO poisoning.
Yeah a couple wood poles across they used to hang meat from to smoke. And beams go into the chimney but not through.
weatherguy
Minister of Fire
That house looks like it was built prior to 1800, not too many up here that are pre revolutionary war but I run into them from time to time, that one may be.
Yes it probably was pre 1800. We have quite a few around like it. I am sure that was the original house one room downstairs and one low room upstairs. When the larger house was finished next to it that turned into the summer kitchen. That is a cooking fireplace never really used for heat.
Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
It’s cool knowing that what might look quaint and decorative to people now, was actually very practical for people on the past.
Well practical for the time because they had no option. There is a reason they pretty much all got abandoned as soon as cook stoves were available.
Ctwoodtick
Minister of Fire
I remember reading that the wood consumption in colonial days was obscenely high. Open fireplaces for heat and no real insulation. Must have been a really tough life.
That part is a very basic log house. The main house is larger but still all log. The summer kitchen is currently completely gutted. It needed a new floor downstairs and a few bottom logs replaced. From outside it is hard to tell it is all covered with aluminum siding. It is a pretty typical old farmhouse for our area.
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