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July | 8 comments (8 topical, editorial)
Re: July (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Chagrin on Wed Aug 6th, 2008 at 08:38:12 AM MST
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I removed two chimneys from my two story (four if you count basement/attic) 1901 house, so I have no sympathy for you. I think the worst part of the job is hauling the bricks down to ground level; two five-gallon buckets is about the limit you can carry and that's only about 16 bricks or two courses of brick.




Re: July (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by TomW on Wed Aug 6th, 2008 at 08:50:03 AM MST
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Chagrin;

Last time I had to do that I rigged a simple chute from an upstairs window to the truck bed. Saved a LOT of carrying. Didn't help much with unloading, tho. I sold the used brick to a guy who's pickup they went directly into so didn't have to unload myself.

Even got lucky so I could toss them into the chute as I removed them. The mortar I just kept dumping inside the chimney and removed that in buckets up from the basement.

Just some hindsight from a "too lazy to carry it" type. Gravity is cheap and apparently plentiful!

Tom

"Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned."--Mark Twain
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Re: July (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by Capt Slog (Capt.Slog(at this)gmail.com) on Wed Aug 6th, 2008 at 09:33:09 AM MST
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Yup, I used gravity too, cheap and they even leave it on at the weekends!

I just dropped the bricks down the centre of the tower where they bounced off a mat I'd put there.

.
"Slowly changing the world, one watt at a time!"
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July | 8 comments (8 topical, 0 editorial)

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