We were concerned with breaking all the bricks on the back patio when we took down the second chimney, so we devised a bucket plan. The chimney came down about 6 bricks at a time which was a little tedious, but the good news is that all of the bricks stayed in one piece.
Here is Seth unhooking the bucket to empty the bricks. Cleanup was a breeze after this method too...
Hauling the bucket up and down wore Charles' back out, but it didn't take all that long to get done.
The view from the top down the chimney. Charles is standing in the attic looking down from the hole he just made.
Here is the hole he left when the chimmney was down. He pulled the roof shingles back, removed all the botched patching materials and flashing, pulled up some dry rotted plywood, repaired the joist to go over where the chimney was. Then he placed new plywood, tar paper and shingles down for a hopefully dripless repair.
We have one more chimney to remove...here it is! Can you belive that there are no leaks in the ceiling from this one? All the water must be running straight into the crawl space. This view shows what shape the chimneys are in though and why they had to come down...
Great shot of the kids playing in the south yard taken from the roof.
Here is the roof hatch as seen from above. From below, you just see the back of the tar paper...we knew it was there because the roof moves where this is over the top. We plan to repair this access at some point, but it is not leaking, so it is not a priority right now!
This shot was taken looking down onto the top of the front porch. The front porch will be removed, taken back to one level and returned to the original appearance next year (somehow) and the black part of the roof we see here will no longer exist!
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