Fireplace install

The crew from Marsh's was in today to install the massive, free-standing wood burning fireplace (that's a mouthful!).  Their install is top notch - all of the details are nicely taken care of.  We have a little bit of work to do tomorrow when the roofer is onsite starting his job - good that they are there at the same time to work out the top cap on the chimney.

Boarding up

Mick was nice enough to help seal up the fireplace wall with concrete board, being sure to caulk all of the wood to wood joints with mastic to prevent air leakage.

After that, he put the temporary front door on, so once we have the windows in, we'll be nice and secure.

Fireplace Prep

In order to get the wood burning fireplace installed in the next couple of weeks, we've had to get some spray foam done behind where the self-contained unit will sit, as well as behind the flue to the top of the house.  If we didn't do this, we wouldn't have access later to properly seal the space with cement board (more than required, but I felt it was a good idea).

Fireplace planning

While we continue to wait for the as-built survey, we did some on-site planning today for the wood built fireplace.  The architect did a general layout for a non-specific wood burning unit, but the clients have selected a self contained, zero clearance unit that will make life way easier from a framing perspective.