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Posted in Life In Alaska, Notes from the Admin on Nov 20th, 2008
With a little help from a brother and a brother-in-law, I got the fireplace set up in place today and cement tucked in where needed to keep the thing stable. Two, well, actually three SNAFUs in the project.
1 - I can’t build a fire in the fireplace tonight because my bro-in-law said it would mess [...]
Posted in Life In Alaska, Notes from the Admin on Nov 14th, 2008
I was just looking at the time span between me and dad picking out stone for the fireplace, and my finally being able to start working on this project’s foundation… it is no wonder I get so frustrated and pissed off when people don’t help me get what I need for this project. It has [...]
Posted in Notes from the Admin on Nov 14th, 2008
I finally got things set up so I can cut the wood for the base on the fireplace - yes, I know, that sounds really bad, but trust me, this is the frame that goes on the floor, then the fireproofing material goes over top of that, I’m not setting the fireplace *on* the wood. [...]