The chimney for the woodstove was installed March 4 and 5. We chose brick because we don't like modern prefabricated flues. Brick is much more decorative, both on the inside and the outside. Here you can see the round flue at top as the masons build the chimney upward. Note the cast iron cleaning door at the lower left side of the chimney and the plumb lines defining the corners of the brick casing.
Here I am scowling at the end of the day. I made the mistake of ordering the entry into the flue too high because I had to rush off to work in the morning. The code for the woodstove requires a two foot clearance from the nearest structural beam. The mason, Mario Granger, was kind enough to lower it the following day in half an hour. . He did a very good job and you wouldn't know that he dismantled and reassembled the brick unless you were looking very, very closely.Lisa says I seriously need to unclench about this project.
