Good morning all binary and non-binary creatures.
Yes it is Meanie, but I have several very important motivations. (This will get boring fast...)
Fireplaces are an ancient nuisance made obsolete by Ben Franklin and countless others. Houses still have fireplaces because wives think they will make things more romantic. Otherwise they are almost illegal to use here because of the pollution laws. I have not lit this one. Not one single time in 17 years. It represents useless waste of space and energy to me.
The chimney has termite damage. That's the major issue to me.
The chimney flashings are 1/2" too short, causing my awning to drip water. That will go away,
The fascia adjacent to the chimney is rotten from that dripping, both sides. That gets fixed in the re-roofing.
I want to re-shingle the entire region under my HVAC. Part of it is 30+ years old, and part of it is a patch I did maybe 8 years ago.
I want to put up a modern digital antenna and trash my aging compound-Yagi. It hangs off the chimney, so that will be cut loose & anchor to the steel HVAC catwalk.
(LOL . . . my "catwalk" is only 4 feet long.)
The external chimney below roof level will likely need repairs. I'll need to assess that later. My house is sheathed with foil-faced insulation board and stucco, but the chimney likely has 1/2" fir plywood, without styrofoam insulation board, for structural reasons. That is where the termites will have done hidden damage, Without the 18' tall chimney structure, no (termite-laced) plywood is necessary.
I'll sheath it with insulation board and stucco to stop the termites and insulate the space, as this will now be an interior "conditioned" living space.
I am considering moving my gas-fired water heater here from the garage as well, which will mean other complications, but the aquarium is the last and least expensive of all.
If the stock market keeps growing, I'll be happy to hire it all out.
. . . Cadd, that is quite the undertaking. . . .
Yes it is Meanie, but I have several very important motivations. (This will get boring fast...)
Fireplaces are an ancient nuisance made obsolete by Ben Franklin and countless others. Houses still have fireplaces because wives think they will make things more romantic. Otherwise they are almost illegal to use here because of the pollution laws. I have not lit this one. Not one single time in 17 years. It represents useless waste of space and energy to me.
The chimney has termite damage. That's the major issue to me.
The chimney flashings are 1/2" too short, causing my awning to drip water. That will go away,
The fascia adjacent to the chimney is rotten from that dripping, both sides. That gets fixed in the re-roofing.
I want to re-shingle the entire region under my HVAC. Part of it is 30+ years old, and part of it is a patch I did maybe 8 years ago.
I want to put up a modern digital antenna and trash my aging compound-Yagi. It hangs off the chimney, so that will be cut loose & anchor to the steel HVAC catwalk.
(LOL . . . my "catwalk" is only 4 feet long.)
The external chimney below roof level will likely need repairs. I'll need to assess that later. My house is sheathed with foil-faced insulation board and stucco, but the chimney likely has 1/2" fir plywood, without styrofoam insulation board, for structural reasons. That is where the termites will have done hidden damage, Without the 18' tall chimney structure, no (termite-laced) plywood is necessary.
I'll sheath it with insulation board and stucco to stop the termites and insulate the space, as this will now be an interior "conditioned" living space.
I am considering moving my gas-fired water heater here from the garage as well, which will mean other complications, but the aquarium is the last and least expensive of all.
If the stock market keeps growing, I'll be happy to hire it all out.