Orderly Destruction

Ted Gillis, our fantastic Mason... made space for us in his busy schedule to begin destroying and restoring the terrible work on the fireplace that was done sometime in the 70's or 80's. Basically... our beautiful chimney was being held up by the amazing workmanship above and below the terrible quality work done... and by luck... more than anything. The thimble off the back of the chimney had actually fallen off the side of the chimney and damaged the wall. The careful approach to removal of the thimble and gentle removal of the base and sketchy fire bricks, adding temporary supports , along with careful investigation of what should have been bearing points was VERY IMPRESSIVE. Christopher has rarely seen such clean work by a contractor... everything was left set up for their return (hopefully Monday or Tuesday). Sarah commented that the room looks like an artists palate.