First major project:

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   Mom and Pop came up last night to help us unpack and take care of some projects. My dad and I took down a motorized 1970's aerial which was strapped to the chimney. Then we chipped off the old wash cap (half of it came away just by hand) and then built a form and mixed up 100# of sand-mix to pour a new one. Got it all graded, covered it with a concrete blanked, and are letting it set and cure overnight. Tomorrow we'll remove the form and put the chimney caps on to prevent birds, squirrels, etc. from getting down the flues to the boiler and the fireplace. I'll post pictures tomorrow of the finished product.

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tallen702 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Hipster before Hipster was cool... Joined: 10 June 2002 Location: Under Your Bed Status: Offline Points: 11860	Post Options Post Reply Quote tallen702 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: First major project: Posted: 08 September 2012 at 4:04pm
	Mom and Pop came up last night to help us unpack and take care of some projects. My dad and I took down a motorized 1970's aerial which was strapped to the chimney. Then we chipped off the old wash cap (half of it came away just by hand) and then built a form and mixed up 100# of sand-mix to pour a new one. Got it all graded, covered it with a concrete blanked, and are letting it set and cure overnight. Tomorrow we'll remove the form and put the chimney caps on to prevent birds, squirrels, etc. from getting down the flues to the boiler and the fireplace. I'll post pictures tomorrow of the finished product.
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tallen702 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Hipster before Hipster was cool... Joined: 10 June 2002 Location: Under Your Bed Status: Offline Points: 11860	Post Options Post Reply Quote tallen702 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 September 2012 at 4:12pm
	From the inspector's report: New finished product: Cracks were taken care of with 3M fireproof caulking for flues and fireplaces. We then poured a 2" wash cap made of sand-mix and troweled it to a 20* angle on all four sides. Finally, we installed two rain caps. Now all I need to do is re-touch the flashing sealant with some new stuff and it should be good until the roof needs replaced.
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	Niftola!

tallen702 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Hipster before Hipster was cool... Joined: 10 June 2002 Location: Under Your Bed Status: Offline Points: 11860	Post Options Post Reply Quote tallen702 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 September 2012 at 4:38pm
	In other news, good GOD do I know a riding mower!
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