The Historic District

... for some reason I found it a bit of brain twister in some cases to figure out the sequence of materials, where to place nails and some things vary by area. .... It looks like your mason was well equipped and did a nice job. I imagine you are exactly correct about regional difference playing a p...

Stacy, nice to have a secure chimney once again. Those black bricks are those original bricks just relaid good side out, and the flashing, (I know your not a brick layer) I notice they did not trim or fold over the end? I forgot to answer your question about the bricks. We salvaged about 30 old bri...

I decided on a Blaze King wood stove because of the long burn times. I didn't want to have to babysit the thing. I really wanted a Princess, but it wouldn't fit in my fireplace, only the Ashford or Sirocco would. I decided on the Sirocco because my living room is small and it didn't stick out as mu...

Gothichome wrote:Stacy, nice to have a secure chimney once again. Those black bricks are those original bricks just relaid good side out, and the flashing, (I know your not a brick layer) I notice they did not trim or fold over the end?

Thanks! The top edges are all folded over and embedded into the mortar.

I'm interested in how the step flashing is done because Im re-roofing and so I need to mess with it. It looks like on yours they put it into the brick and used mortar to attach it, but then when the roofers did your roof instead of making the shingles interweave the stepflasing they put a membrane ...

can you tell us about the clay flu liners? did they stack them all the way down inside the chimney or is this just near the top? mine is only 2 flu's but I keep wondering if they should be added, or what would support their weight. can I assume old houses usually didn't have them but they are added...

Oh, and I'm getting stainless steel liners put in, since my original ceramic ones are shot. Fire is something I'm terrified of, so I'm putting a lot of money into this job. Chimney rebuilds are such huge projects. I hope your mason comes back soon. We were lucky to have excellent weather for the en...

Let me preface this by saying that this was not a DIY project. We saved for a couple of years and paid a mason. Also, I was unable to get on the roof to take before shots and after shots, but I did my best. Before: The upper roof is 22' off the ground. The old concrete cap was disintegrating, and th...

Gothichome wrote:Up till my interview she has a pretty good thing going.

Ron

I enjoyed your interview very much (thus the laughter!), and your story is something that we had not yet told on the podcast. Thank you for being a unique voice.

Manalto wrote:Cut that out, Ron. You were fine. I could have done with a little less artificial laughing on her part.

That was real laughing, but point taken. I'm a lover of life, and life is funny.