Nigel came for 1 1/2 days of work. After all the rock chips had flown, the fireplace was complete. Just waiting for the mortar to dry before it can have it's final cleaning.
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| Mortar under the hearth |
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| Fitting the door |
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| Nigel, our wonderful mason |
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| Back of the fireplace |
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| From the loft - the dark lines are mortar that is still wet |
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| The finished project - almost! |
Now we have to figure out what is going to happen with the chimney. We may have to enclose the chimney up to the roof, or (we hope) use black chimney without any enclosure. It depends what the building inspector determines is the best.
Len spent quite a bit of time cleaning up the rock chips and dried mortar everywhere so it looks pretty good now. Next on the list is to get the drywall finisher started. We have selected a contractor who can get going next week, possibly, while we are in Vancouver and up the coast for Easter.
We are going to take a few days off house stuff and will be going to the Bluegrass workshop tomorrow evening through Sunday. So if you don't hear from us, don't take it personally!
Cath
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