The fireplace had been a long time coming. We weren't sure it was going to go in right away as it was very expensive and financing wasn't always a settled item... But it did work out and after a loooong order time, it finally arrived and the installers started just before July 4th 2015. Then the weather hit. They were expecting a 2-3 day install time as these fireplaces come from Finland as a kit so it becomes an assembly project for them, mostly. They lost some time on the bench as it took extra time to make that fit, and the edges needed to be polished on site. So it took them a bit longer. The weather was an extreme event. In the middle of their install, we got something like 7-9" of rain in a couple hours. One of those biblical storms. I knew we got a lot of rain but I drove down to see what the driveway was like after that (still at the old house), as it washes out a lot right now. When I drove past the big hill on the other side of our valley, there was a waterfall coming out of it with a torrent of the sandy soil washing away like crazy. Uh oh... when I got to our place the driveway was a total washout. I did not try to go up it as the ruts were deeper than my car tires. I came back after work with the truck and was able to slowly make it up in 4wd, but it was really rough. The crew had managed to make it up the driveway, slowly, but it was a short day as a result of the mess. I spent the night fixing the driveway to get it passable again. Did I mention Mother Nature hates me?
Here is the only real shot I have of the partially completed fireplace. We did a stop action video of it, but that is still sitting in raw form and has a lot of work left to get it into showable form. I'll post that too, once it gets done and I can find a way to do it.
And here it is all done.
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