Today we got our fireplace! Of course for now it’s just sitting there, with no chimney and no hearth, but it’s a start; the warning on the side amused me – “Risk Of Fire”!
Meanwhile, the air cooling system is finished and works well 🙂
GPMINI spent the morning at MINI of Peabody today – in case she is still “up North” when winter comes, I wanted the coolant fluid replaced with something that will survive the expected freeze. I also wanted the mildew-smell from the interior air to go away …
Of course, both tasks were completed successfully – but it was quite a strange visit to the dealership today. Of course I knew Graham, Gary, Dave, Kevin, in service – but upstairs there was no-one I knew, in fact there was just about no-one at all at 9am!
So I wandered over to next door BMW Peabody and chatted with Vin for a while – and he happily gave me the keys to a 5 GT to take for a drive! And this could be a car to beat my Q5 …
Thanks, Vin!
We are part way through some re-construction of our now 10 year old addition, with the goal to put a fireplace in to enjoy real log flames in the winter!
We began by having an outside window removed and filled, giving a new wall to move the TV to, and then the old TV wall became free to frame a fireplace and hearth!
You can see here the framed fireplace / hearth, and new TV location. The two seat sofa and chair in the foreground will eventually be replaced by a larger three seat sofa.
Moving the TV was tricky as all wiring including satellite cables were at the old position. Now it’s on an outside wall, drilling holes in the attic was impossible too due to the slope of the roof – we had to cut in to the wall from inside and drill up instead. We can get the hole filled later …
As if all this isn’t enough, we also are having air cooling installed – this filled half the old attic with an air handler / heat exchanger and the ducting, as well as a big compressor outside. We just need all the wiring done, before we can cool the house …
The last picture also shows the missing window – or doesn’t – between the new air compressor piping, and the gutter.
Hopefully there will soon be more progress …
M&I / GBMINI 
