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Trimming the Chimney with Fieldstone
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" And that structure for the fireplace is now being trimmed out -- Real stone right and John neighbors -- that is correct or are you Bob now. Let me ask you I mean we've used man made stone products in kind of veneer or bachelor installations before but this is. Real this is actually real zone taking the principle of it of the -- as soon as you're familiar with ready access -- cut. Then they actually took real thin stone and saw cut it -- So it can be applied. As you would typical cultured stone or manmade fabricated stuff is it native fieldstone in Massachusetts to what it's actually New England fieldstone it's from Connecticut this particular stone. But there are also stones from New York and out west okay. And how we do you think -- and I mean -- And it gives you -- with a hammer peeking kind of window with a front porch grinder you can cut it with a wet saw can fix it's that easy to cut distanced. Okay and the cost. Because typically between twelve and fifteen dollars a square foot in some cases going to be a little bit less as a case to be a little bit more. Depending on the type of stone of course yeah now normally when when we think about fieldstone fireplaces you're thinking about big stones that are stacked on -- that's -- there and there's tons of masonry there yet and support with a big concrete value 100% correct when you saying tons of stone yet in this particular case it's a lightweight stone product it's not the stone that's lightweight typically less than fifteen pounds of the square foot. As opposed the natural stone of the foreign stone which is fifty pounds a square right. This actually works from the top down you can actually hang this from the top down doesn't require any structural footings underneath. So you have a cost savings there that's a big advantage. Now we're gonna interrupt Joe McDonough and -- I understand you built the original chimney when when Howard built this house point five years ago yes there right yes well. This is that's counterintuitive work is normally it's -- saying a minute ago you feel like you start at the bottom end. You go up but you start at the top -- it burst -- down looks beautiful now how do you. Fill in the joints in between. We've there was music well bags and we buy these a pictures show up you have and our national decorating sleeve sadness -- All right a mortar comes so these are. And you just go along."
" Isn't real."
" That's a great tip. Fills it right then. It's nice and -- And then do you have do you have to like job. Use a trowel or anything to finish should not know who uses me and -- she's a stack. Just appointed -- that's -- the words and it's old time. And you scratch the joints -- as it dries out as a dry cellulose set up usually couple allows hasn't been sentenced for up to a three -- yet. Who just. The woman -- and take a brush. In question have -- yep and that fit right to beautiful job congratulations thanks Jack thanks very nice."
