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# One of the reasons we decided on the place we bought
was because it still had two original Victorian fireplaces.

What's going on with your flue?
(as the bishop said to the actress)
(, Thu 20 May 2010, 13:32, archived)
# It's (rather ineptly) closed off...
See above for the void in the top right.

By the time I get home this evening it should all be nicely boxed in round the outside, leaving the brickwork on the interior exposed and ready for me to tart up and repoint.
(, Thu 20 May 2010, 13:36, archived)
# Nice....
I really wish I had the aptitude for things like that, but I just haven't unless I've got a week or two off work.

Even then, I can be very ... unprofessional*

*botch job
(, Thu 20 May 2010, 13:42, archived)
# Oh we're paying someone to do it.
There are a whole host of things around the house that I trust myself to do to a decent standard, but plastering ain't one of them.
(, Thu 20 May 2010, 13:52, archived)