Fireplace Stuff

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Basic chimney cap install.

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The friendliest propane tank I’ve ever encountered.

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

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

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

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Sometimes I actually clean chimneys.

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Installed a new chimney cap today.

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

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Gordo is a lovable furball.

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Meet Eclipse. He is a fun cat.

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Suiting up to remove nasty stuff from a fireplace.

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

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Building a new face for the fireplace.

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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.

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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.

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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.