My Current Chimney Project

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Post by Sting » Thu. Aug. 12, 2010 9:56 pm

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I need to get rid of this big old corn crib of a place - so I am trying to get all the ignored outdoor projects done this season. And I am getting close, but with nine fingers, weather hold ups, work drama, etc; I have fallen a bit behind on my schedule. I hate this time of year - I have lost at least an hour of evening and the skeeters are terrible.

Anyway is about 90 with a humidity similar but I am on the south side - farthest from the street and replacing spalled brick in an unused chimney. Was digging out a new batch about a depth transition and I almost made the stupid mistake of undermining the whole structure - so after wringing out my sweat band I cleared just a corner and repaired it so I can do this hole in stages. It got too dark to snap a result - but there is always tomorrow :P

Here I am soaking the bricks in cold water to keep the colored mortar from immediately drying to dust.

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Post by Rick 386 » Thu. Aug. 12, 2010 10:47 pm

So how thick is that old stone foundation ???

That transition cap piece from the stone foundation to the brick exterior walls looks very familiar. 1920's era ??

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Post by Sting » Thu. Aug. 12, 2010 10:49 pm

1906 :)


 
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Post by SMITTY » Thu. Aug. 12, 2010 11:41 pm

That looks alot like my chimney ... only mine is inside my house in that condition. It's at least 100 yrs old & unlined. Can scrape mortar out with a fingernail.

 
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Post by Scottscoaled » Fri. Aug. 13, 2010 8:49 pm

Ok,,,,, I'll bite. Why the red mortar? :)

 
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Post by Sting » Fri. Aug. 13, 2010 9:34 pm

That's what the dead guys used in 1906 - not my choice 8-)


 
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Post by LsFarm » Sat. Aug. 14, 2010 9:49 am

So how's that chimney rebuild going?? Did you get 'washed away' with the thunder storms last night??

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Post by Sting » Sat. Aug. 14, 2010 11:00 am

Those storms passed - again thankfully - to the north. I have just come in for more coffee after setting some cap bricks (concrete pavers) for size transition of the base. The morter needs to set up a bit so I can point the rest in.

The old dead guys had trimed some clay bricks, to allow for the water to run off this area - but I don't have three old bricks in good enough shape to do that. So Ill just go with this hodge-podge and it will blend into the other bad repairs done over the years :)

I set the paver on the left Thursday night to hold it all up till now - Who would have thought - It Worked :roll:

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Post by cArNaGe » Sat. Aug. 14, 2010 11:05 am

These match?

I got a whole pile.

 
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Post by Sting » Sat. Aug. 14, 2010 1:11 pm

hummmmmm -- them are nice ones

but freight would kill me!

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