chimney porn!!

You deserve all the praise you can get Scotty, because I know there is one HECK of a lot of sweat and toil in your setup, all done with your own two hands

 

Thanks, Scotty. I like that it's a straight vertical run (15 ft. from cap to stove base), makes for easy cleaning and good drafts.

 

Since the topic is chimney porn, I post these photos reluctantly. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with all you guys peeping my pipe. But, what the heck. It's among friends

 

The best picture I could find right now:



It's an old chimney but the inside is new. And the outside has a slate stone finish.


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Thanks, Eric. I've been meaning to make a post about the house and how they did stuff way back, and a little bit on the history of this place.

Supposedly the house was built in 1840. (!)

Some day.

 

Not near as neat as most, but here it is.

 

Here's 1 inside the house.


Yeah I'm trying the damp rid trick inside the stove.

 

x2

 

That is nice; did you build it yourself?

 

My favorite. "Top to bottom"
I have 2 others but this is my favorite

You can see the other house chimney in this pic. Here is my newest, in the wood shed

Chief

 

Here's a look at how they used to do it. This is 1797 vintage. Not too long prior to this there would have just been one central chimney, and the next development after this was the chimneys on the exterior walls.

For a sense of scale, the closer chimney is 47" x 50" where it comes through the roof. I'd guess at least 12' tall above the roof on the low side.


Up in the attic, it starts to flare out...


Looking down from the attic...


Notice the wooden door going into the chimney? They apparently used to smoke meat in there. Big enough chamber for 3 adults to fit (uncomfortably) into...


The smoke chamber is on the second floor, and there are two fireplaces there, too.
On the first floor there are two fireplaces and a domed bread oven.

In the basement the base of the chimney is 9.5' wide. They built cupboards into it on one side to hold canning goods. On the other side is a summer kitchen with large fireplace and another domed bread oven (no pic because it is all bricked over and has an oil furnace in front of it).

Here's the cupboard side...


There is a stone slab to form the hearth, roughly 9' long...


Actually several pieces of stone, under the kitchen's main fireplace...


I think the thimble, above, leads into the backside of the summer kitchen's fireplace.

 

Holy moly, Flamestead! Very interesting post. Thanks!


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Your chimney for your wood shed is very neat.

 

Thanks. Great post. I love the old days and wish I would have lived back then. Everything you did was directly beneficial for you. No making money to pay somebody else for services. You worked, and you benefited. Thanks Flamestead, for the post. I really enjoyed it.

 

Thanks Thor! In retirement, I am enjoying woodcutting and my wood stows even more than I have in the past 40 years. It's really fun to have time to mess with them.

 

It may not be purdy, but it's mine.