Cricket

When building a chimney on a house, a major consideration is in diverting the water running down the roof from the back of the chimney. On a house where the chimney is located on the side or near the top of the roof, flashing is all that is required. However, to divert the water on a house where the chimney is near the bottom of the roof, we build a small roof called a cricket. The photos show how the water will be shunted off to one side and away.

Chimney Completed

The weather has finally broken and spring is here. With the rise in temperatures our masons have been able to complete the block on the chimney. The masons poured the concrete cap on the top of the chimney and removed their scaffold so now we can start to build the decks and the screened porch.

Basement Osage Lane

Soon after we completed the home on Osage Lane, the owner asked us to come back and start a new project in his basement. We had about 1,500 square feet to work with so we had ample area to create the living space he desired. The library panel wainscoting, stair wall, and bar were all hand crafted on site using solid Poplar. The fireplace uses propane gas logs and is direct vented through the wall. The same 12"x12" ceramic floor tile in the bar area was repeated in the curved hearth at the fireplace.

Fireplace

A cold snap has settled in in Southeastern Ohio, and has presented some challenges in building a Masonary Fireplace here on the Nelsonville new build. We basically had to erect a tent to enclose the entire chimney and scaffold, then heat it with kerosene space heaters.

There will be two fireplaces built side by side, one in the kitchen and the other one outside in the screened porch. They are being constructed with concrete block and will be covered with cultured stone. It's hard to see what we're doing outside because of the tent, but the inside fireplace can be seen here before the stone was applied.