Summer in Maine is short, so you have to rush to get all your outdoor projects done before the weather turns.
So aside from the barn walls and garage makeover we’re doing ourselves, we had to break down and hire a professional to replace part of our chimney and stop the roof from leaking. Our house has a central fireplace and was built in the Brady Bunch era so the insert is metal instead of masonry. Don’t ask.
When it came off the roof it looked like this:
It had been rusted for a while and unbeknownst to me, the husband had snuck up there and tried to pretty one side of it up.
Yes, I married the Martha Stewart design school reject who thought a can of fire engine red spray paint was a decorating improvement.
I truly have no idea how long this monstrosity was up there looking like this…. or why none of the neighbors weren’t driving by and snickering. I know I would have.
So we hired a chimney guy who came highly recommended (read $$$) and he got to work. After 3 days he told us he’d done all he could for now and was waiting on a metal fabricator to make the top piece, which would take about 2 weeks.
So now?
We have a tarp and a bucket.
Improvement?
Not so much.
River's world..... 
“Honey, do you have any of that red paint left over?”
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The answer to that will be no… from now on.
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LoL
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It could have been worse. I don’t really know how. Apparently my imagination does have limitations after all… but it could have been..
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That’s not very reassuring. But thanks for trying…
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I’m very trying. My husband tells me several times a day 😊
It’s nice to have things you excel at
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Well, we’re all good at something. Kudos for finding your niche…
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And there are millions of women in Maine saying to themselves “Why doesn’t he get out of that chair and do SOMETHING–ANYTHING?!?!?” so stop picking on Fred–at least, for better or worse, he does things!!
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I’m not picking on him, just sharing. There’s a difference you know…. it’s called blogging!
🤣
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I had no idea that “faux brick” chimneys existed.
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Indeed, they do. Although not many get the royal red spray paint treatment….
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Sounds like a lot of our “home improvement” projects
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Nothing ever goes well when we try to improve.
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My hat goes off to him.
It’s original and I’m willing to wager you won’t find another faux, red sided chimney like it in a fifty mile radius.
I think he should spray paint the new one too 😀
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Lobster Red this time 🙂
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I’d wager to say 100 miles… possibly more. I’m lucky that way.
And yeah, I’m hiding the spray paint from now on.
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Haha!
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Is the roof leaking now?
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It’s had a slow leak during hard rain for a few years. If the wind blew just right, it would run down the chimney and leak on the hearth, as well as the ceiling. So far, so good since he put in the new thing.
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I have one section of roof the wind keeps peeling shingles off. My son said if it comes off NOW? You are putting steel on that section. Ok then.
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