Going potty.
Going potty
As we head into August with a solid roof in place and a very smug looking me, there are a few jobs which I’m just not going to have time to get involved in. Namely re-setting the chimney to the rear roof. We have chosen not to do anything with the South gable chimney until we’ve figured out the layout inside as we will most likely want to change the height of the fireplace once we’ve had a chance to measure everything, so we leave that one as is for now. We can come back to that any time as we still have the stone which makes up the original stack to one side.
The pot which we removed whilst doing the roof looks Victorian and Donald is careful to make sure nothing happens to it while he builds up the level with the original stone, lime mortar and new ceramic flue liners.
It’s another two weeks before I can head up and see the progress though as I’m laid low with a bug or virus of some sort which sees me take some time off work to recoup. Donald is only popping in when he finds a gap in his other work anyway but he’s managed to get us up to chimney pot level.
Once I’m feeling a bit perkier, I meet Donald at the hall again and he’s brought his acro props with him so we can raise the height of the lintel above the internal doorway to the rear entrance. It’s far too low to be practical so it needs moving. Most of the roof weight is supported by the purlin above and wall plate below so the stone could be removed by hand without much resistance but to be safe, Donald puts the props in just in case. We can then move the stone and raise the lintel up into position increasing the door height by around a foot and walling back up.