Day 240 August 8, 2002

With the hearth finished, I cleaned the chimney (messy) and reinstalled it. What do you think? I put my fire proof gloves and stove lighter on the mini-mantel. Perfect!

Now that thew stove is completely finished, I had room to bring in the remainder of the T+G from outside. These boards will be a week behind in acclimation, so they will be put up last. I cut out all the bad spots outside before I brought them in.

11 hours, sunny and warm. We need rain!