Fireplace Stuff

Basic chimney cap install.

The friendliest propane tank I’ve ever encountered.

Sometimes nothing seems to go right. Make it a good day anyway.

Sometimes nothing seems to go right. Make it a good day anyway.

Sometimes nothing seems to go right. Make it a good day anyway.

Sometimes I actually clean chimneys.

Installed a new chimney cap today.

Thanks.

It’s beginning to feel a bit like winter around here.

Gordo is a lovable furball.

Meet Eclipse. He is a fun cat.

Suiting up to remove nasty stuff from a fireplace.

Up on the roof, playing with mud. Proper termination for a masonry chimney is an overhanging concrete crown.

Building a new face for the fireplace.

After tearing apart the fireplace, it’s time to start putting it back together better. This is a PriorFire fireplace, the most modern fireplace design available.

The first step in a fireplace renovation is tearing out all the stuff that was done wrong. Wood is not the proper material for a spacer behind the lintel.

First step in waterproofing a chimney is to get it all wet by pressure washing all of the dirt and mold from the masonry surface.