Yes, I do have a broken (and pinned) hand but with help from others things are looking great and progressing quickly (although with TWO hands I would have been burning already). Got the old chase from the basement ripped out and the pointless half-wall. Chimney is going in the same spot and it is framed out, and taped off on the inside, just needs the pipe through the roof and it flashed in (my best bud is a roofer). Dining room tile is now tied into the living room and waiting for the carpet installers to put the living room carpet back down against the newly tiled floor (by me single handedly!). All I have to do is build the hearth and hook it up! Hopefully 2-3 weeks I'll be burnin' and learnin'. Another cool thing is my best bud bought a house a while back and I helped him remove a woodstove (5 or so years ago) and it is a jotul black bear! He said "its sitting in my garage get the thing outta here!" Took him a while but cool! Now I already have plans for the basement heat even though the main floor isn't done yet! Pics are coming, I just need SWMBO to post them for me cause I am not completely internet savvy yet, heck I can barely even type!