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Repairing the Brick Chimney

Bob meets with Ed and Lisa Zywusko, a husband and wife masonry team and sees how they are going to refurbish the old brick chimney. Ed demonstrates the techniques used to lay the cement and place the bricks in place.

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Repairing the Brick Chimney

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" Now let's talk a minute about where we are in the house where we're up on the third floor right underneath. The roof rafters and we've got -- shingling -- crews still working up there. And we're looking at a masonry mass here that was all broken up at some point in an earlier remodel. I think that we had media corbel chimney going now wait a few if there -- a chimney for a fireplace with something -- here. And somewhere in the future remodeling they didn't remove some reason India and Anita while they did find this so we kind of so what they did is -- they've poured some cement and concrete appeared to plug up. The rest of the -- that went up but we we have three existing fireplaces on the other side of this massive masonry one at this level one in the master bedroom on the second floor and one in the dining room down on the on the ground floor. So what what's your concern in terms of holding this together out that -- him behind this is the existing flue is for the other fireplaces. And because vanunu stud well here we worry about the temperature considering before this was not this close they have billion its biggest afterward they -- This -- here can get -- want. And that was nothing supporting this we want to make sure that was something they -- OK so what you're going to leave these jagged when sticking out until everything is set up that they knew resist the hold it up so it is going to use it for now until we get out new walls up and then we'll. You know just remove it we we need to -- OK and Lisa you're in charge of mixing right yeah so what what have you got to tell us what kind of makes you prepared for your screws."

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