Here you can see the chimney rising again, this time sitting on a much better footer. We also added in flue tiles and a damper to comply with building codes and make the chimney much safer to operate.
The old chimney came down very easily. In less than a day, one man rode her down with a digging bar prying the loose rocks free, one at a time, until he reached the ground.
The rocks were then cleaned and reused for the construction of the new chimney. We laid them in the same way, laid flat one upon another in horizontal layers.
Originally posted 2015-06-09 13:23:55.