• Neato@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I always wondered how they made the chimneys. Wood construction is fairly straightforward. But masonry seems like another beast.

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      1 year ago

      The house I grew up in was a Sears house. Chimneys were stacked stones from where they dug the basement, put together with simple mortar. Concrete was used inside to create the fireplace beds (basement and main floor). Not very complicated to do really.

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        1 year ago

        There is some science and math to ensuring a good draw so the smoke goes up and out and doesn’t get stuck inside. I imagine the instructions from Sears provided some relatively safe rules of thumb to achieve this