Chimney Going Up

Beautiful late February day, mocking birds everywhere. We are using a lot of older and odd bricks on the chimney, saving the good ones for the door.

This is a better view of the chimney.

Below: Here we are recasting the lintel that spans the firebox door. The previous one was cast from some left over castable that we really didn't know much about. It was spalling after our recent hard freezes. Scrounging for materials is great. Every once in a while there's a surprise but that's just part of it.