Through the Roof.
We finally got the chimney installed - without climbing up on the roof. It was an inside job. We would have been finished the day before but I had underestimated by one the number of chimney sections. So a quick trip to Vanderhoof and yesterday we broke through( well actually, tin snipped through) at 9 in the morning. The chimney cap will have to wait until the snow gets off the roof. I went down to the basement to hook up the black pipe; the normal ( i.e. uninsulated) stove pipe that runs from the furnace a couple of feet to the chimney connections. Here's a hint: do that part before installing 500 lbs of chimney. So into Fraser lake to get a telescoping connection. They just sold the last one - so a trip to Burns lake 60 klicks to the West. Where fortunately they had one left. And some good advice about losing a damper that was in the old set up. Back home, fire up the air tight heater in the old shop ( Boose, the shop cat's, hide out ), some ineffectual work wit...