Dismantling/Dis-manteling

We continue to strip off the exterior covering of the house: vinyl siding and the musty brown fiberboard. Still pulling lots of nails! Tom built home-made scaffolding around the end of the house over the lower garage so that we can work on the taking-apart and eventually the putting-back-together.

(The blue X's are to prevent birds from crashing into the windows)

We also took apart the fireplace. We had thought of trying to use it, but it was suspect in terms of safety. After taking it apart, we knew we had made the right choice. It clearly had been leaking at the back, a hazard for the carbon monoxide and the accidental fire potential. The insulation and the area around the fan were also full of mouse poo--ick! We'll scrap what we can of the metal, then start shopping for an efficient wood stove.


Let's take a few moments to appreciated the demise of the fireplace:

The original version: fake brick

Evidence of the leak behind the fireplace

Once upon a time there were windows in that wall. Soon there will be again!