On Mar 5, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > If the chimney was constructed of bricks with holes in them, and could be > properly aligned, rebar could be run down through them to at least the > firebox area.
I think that's how new chimneys are constructed these days, if they use masonry at all. Our bricks were solid so this wouldn't have been possible. You'd have to brace it from the outside. > He had shown us with a screwdriver that the 70 year old grout had mostly > become loose sand, the binder having evaporated. That's precisely what had happened to our internal chimney that was ruined in September, that the builders are finishing off today. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
