Since my friend Angela is visiting this week, I used that as an excuse to motivate myself to get the chimney done. I long ago learned that while many corners can be safely cut to save money, anything involving fire is not in that category; I had quite a sticker shock when I went to buy three lengths of stovepipe and the associated hardware, largely because of requirements imposed by Washington law. But I went ahead and got it, and Chekhov and Grace helped me install it on Sunday. First we had to move the stove and hearth just a bit to get it exactly under the best spot for supporting and bracing the pipe; it was actually only a turn and a move of a few inches, but the stove and hearth are both so heavy the process was complicated and took over an hour. Then I had to weld some steel brackets to the rafter and purlin in order to keep the top of the stovepipe from moving around, which meant hauling the welding cart back up into the atrium; after that was done I had to go up on the damned roof again to cut the hole for the chimney, and Chekhov had to help me get it up there and properly install it into the joining hardware (a process much easier said than done). Finally, we had to install the silicone roof jack which seals the hole around the pipe against rain. We started about 11:30 AM and didn’t get done until just before six, but it’s finished and I managed to escape with only one burn and a cut on my thigh from the angle grinder. And when it gets cold again, we’ll have a lovely, effective, and inexpensive heat source in the atrium.
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Annex 115
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