Project: Woodstock Family Residence. 1960’s Bohemian Catskills counterculture cabin.
Location: Woodstock, NY
Date: 2023
Special Skills: Cooking fireplace restoration, bridge consultation
Original house on left with fieldstone chimney stack.
Greek Revival Andirons.
Antique forged iron crane.
Rebuilding firebox.
Anchoring for crane pintle.
Pintle anchor installation.
Forged & welded pintle anchors.
Crane with upper and lower pintles.
Forged damper handle.
Crane & damper handle installed.
Rebuilding wood boxes with angle iron supports.
Fire box top support.
Sealing wood boxes.
Firebox stone setting.
Stucco ceiling of wood box back.
Wood box rebuild.
Finished wood box left.
Finished wood box right.
Stone chimney top with deteriorated joints.
Creosote buildup.
Chimney pre restoration.
Pre restoration mold & exposed ash cleanout.
Bowed in fire back before rebuild.
Ash dump cleanout pre restoration.
Custom squirrel resistant hinged ash door cleanout cover.
Custom squirrel resistant hinged ash door cleanout cover.
Creosote buildup.
Aged patina.
Scaffold for chimney work.
Chimney Scaffolding.
Cleaning fieldstone joints for repointing.
Sealing of flue tile joints using refractory cement.
Sealing of flue tile joints using refractory cement.
Sealing of flue tile joints using refractory cement.
Sealing of flue tile joints using refractory cement.
New chimney top damper.
Sealed chimney crown with new damper.