Borrowed Adam’s riveting device. Spent a long time getting the fire set in the right place. The spirit level was involved. Managed to strap the fire into place in what was intended as earthquake protection, and ended up doing that and actually being what held the fire to the floor. A pleasing job. Paul turned up at the window unexpectedly. We made some really good progress, having to rush against the coming darkness. We riveted the inner flue, and made the outer flue housing. Made a ceiling cap and man that thing was ugly. Cut the inner flue to length then sat the cap on and pushed the flashing around. It isn’t all finished but we considered if fireable.
Jose Feliciano provided the background music as we fired up the first fire. Good times. It gradually got up to speed and was burning hot, adding 8 degrees to the outside temperature. We cooked sizzlers, garlic toast, chocolate toast – with some spillages – and potatos. We gave the potatos 30 minutes – maybe a few too many. I need some different cooking tools. Oh yeah, we used the glove to allow us to cook things in the fire. Still too hot.
The fire really worked and we had some good times out there.
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