Roof detail

The original trim has been removed and a wood fillet put in. This will allow the roofer a straight edge to work from. The original roof was nailed initially into the trim. Not such a good idea and not something sold enough after 130 years to be done again.

I chose this photograph because of the bird.

Another view of our dry stack.

A bit more definition but you can see how it steps out and comes back in.

North Extension Chimney

Keen eyes will see the roughness of the finish. Less apparent until you get up there and see is that the chimney is nearly square. Perhaps they were asked to build a chimney with a bigger flue? This was built one or two winters after the previous chimneys.

New Chimney

Bob, for scale purposes, next to our dry stack of the Addition Chimney. This was nearly square as opposed to the other two which are more rectangular. The base came above the ridge line, then returned to 2x2.5, then flared out for 3 rows with 2 rows on top.

The actual build will be slightly higher due to mortar joints. We will put a removable cap on painted black to keep the water out.

Freight Room Chimney

This is the only one that can be seen clearly.

If you look at the bottom right and left where the brick rests on the shelf you can see the original white of the mortar where the top layer has broken away.

Brick sample

One of the requirements for the mason is to build a sample wall with the mortar mix and finish.

This looks very white, but it is the original colour, grime of ages has changed the top layer, as will it change this.

Unsurprisingly the chimney in the extension was built to the same standards as the extension, not very good. So the finish on the joints here will be a little rougher.

Chimneys

We are now into the Chimney rebuilding phase, here is one of the beeter photographs that we can clearly dates of what they looked like at in 1896. The ruins in th foreground are the Pacific Hotel.