Dude, Where's my Chimney?

I swear, it was there this morning, and then, I turned around, and it was gone!

Remember folks, lock your chimney every time you leave the house.

But seriously, our chimney is gone. The nice men came this morning, built up scaffolding, and took it away.

If weather permits, they will be back tomorrow to put a new one in its place.

While we have the chimney specialists here, we also had them take a look at the flat roof chimney -- the one that vents the kitchen stove and the one that first aroused my suspicions regarding how chimneys work (see previous post). It does indeed need to be repointed (the home inspector had told us this), but the flashings looked fine.

Also, as I suspected, it should have a cap, although it doesn't seem to be having any problems as it is. So 83 Durant is getting some major overhauls in the chimney department. This is an expensive proposition, but one we should never, ever have to do again.



UPDATE: We're now a bit concerned about the hole in the roof where the chimney once was. The weather forecast calls for snow tonight and tomorrow turning to light rain, and here's the view from inside the attic:

That tarp was sorta wadded up in the front, thanks to our masons. We've since done some impressive work with scrap wood, plastic sheeting, duct tape, a staple gun, some rubber tubing, and string -- all the materials of quality craftsmanship. Check it out! Fingers crossed.



UPDATE: after we fashioned this awesome creation, and managed to sort of get it in the right place through the hole in the attic, the mason showed up at our door to tell us to rest assured, all was well. He put more tarps on the outside, and promised they would be back tomorrow.