{"id":2212,"date":"2022-01-10T18:53:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2022-03-04T23:29:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T23:29:27","slug":"stone-upon-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melamb.com\/?p=2212","title":{"rendered":"Stone Upon Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At last, here is the full beginning to end photo journal of building a wood stove stone hearth!  (This all began way back in mid-November.) Phase 1: Piecing together as level a wall as possible around the old chimney and our new steel beams.  The wall must be super structural to support the heavy stone and seal in our beam posts.  The beams are bolted through neighboring studs and the whole thing sheared up with 3\/4&#8243; OSB.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211103_165555-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211103_165555-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2214\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211103_165555-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2214\" class=\"wp-image-2214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211103_165555-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211103_165555-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211103_165555-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211103_165555-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_161302-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_161302-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2215\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_161302-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2215\" class=\"wp-image-2215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_161302-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_161302-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_161302-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_161302-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_165941-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_165941-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2217\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_165941-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2217\" class=\"wp-image-2217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_165941-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_165941-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_165941-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211104_165941-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211106_170623-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211106_170623-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2213\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211106_170623-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2213\" class=\"wp-image-2213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211106_170623-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211106_170623-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211106_170623-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211106_170623-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211122_175841-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211122_175841-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2216\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211122_175841-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2216\" class=\"wp-image-2216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211122_175841-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211122_175841-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211122_175841-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211122_175841-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phase 2: Building the hearth base with 4 slabs of 2&#8243; Bluestone.  A second set of exposed 4&#215;4 posts were added beneath our beams and will be a finish detail that frames the hearth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_143129-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_143129-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2218\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_143129-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2218\" class=\"wp-image-2218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_143129-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_143129-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_143129-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_143129-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211124_150506-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211124_150506-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2220\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211124_150506-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2220\" class=\"wp-image-2220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211124_150506-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211124_150506-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211124_150506-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211124_150506-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_152139-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_152139-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2219\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_152139-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2219\" class=\"wp-image-2219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_152139-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_152139-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_152139-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211123_152139-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phase 3: The Stone!   We first laid out a mock-up design on the floor, which was helpful but ultimately diverged from:) Each stone is 5-20 lbs, so they are mortared one level at a time, each level slightly balancing its weight on the next&#8230;until we reach the top!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_190526-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_190526-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2224\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_190526-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2224\" class=\"wp-image-2224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_190526-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_190526-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_190526-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_190526-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_172539-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_172539-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2222\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_172539-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2222\" class=\"wp-image-2222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_172539-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_172539-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_172539-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211129_172539-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211130_183921-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211130_183921-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2226\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211130_183921-scaled.jpg\" 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data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211202_194313-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2227\" class=\"wp-image-2227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211202_194313-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211202_194313-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211202_194313-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211202_194313-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_145519-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_145519-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2228\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_145519-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2228\" class=\"wp-image-2228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_145519-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_145519-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_145519-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_145519-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_170248-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_170248-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2221\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_170248-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2221\" class=\"wp-image-2221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_170248-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_170248-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_170248-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211203_170248-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211213_154155-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211213_154155-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2225\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211213_154155-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2225\" class=\"wp-image-2225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211213_154155-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211213_154155-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211213_154155-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211213_154155-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211216_152327-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211216_152327-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2223\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211216_152327-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2223\" class=\"wp-image-2223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211216_152327-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211216_152327-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211216_152327-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20211216_152327-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phase 4: Grout!   And I thought Tile Grout was difficult&#8230;this was next level.   I eventually decided that just squishing it in with my bare hands was the easiest method.   It took a few bloody fingertips and LOTS of sponging to keep the joints looking nice and the stones clean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220104_194040-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220104_194040-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2231\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220104_194040-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2231\" class=\"wp-image-2231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220104_194040-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220104_194040-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220104_194040-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220104_194040-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_181836-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_181836-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2232\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_181836-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2232\" class=\"wp-image-2232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_181836-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_181836-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_181836-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220105_181836-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_140427-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_140427-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2233\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_140427-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2233\" class=\"wp-image-2233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_140427-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_140427-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_140427-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_140427-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phase 5:   The stonework is complete and cured and the stove goes up!  There was a brief design moment where we got lazy fighting with stove pipe and thought to put it in its original location.   In the end, the pipe was conquered and cut.   We are pleased with its new orientation which exposes more stonework and leaves a perfect sized spot for our wood caddy to the left:)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_153844-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_153844-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2234\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_153844-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2234\" class=\"wp-image-2234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_153844-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_153844-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_153844-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220106_153844-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Message_1641502815814-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Message_1641502815814-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2230\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Message_1641502815814-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2230\" class=\"wp-image-2230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Message_1641502815814-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Message_1641502815814-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Message_1641502815814-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Message_1641502815814-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_194723-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_194723-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2229\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_194723-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=2229\" class=\"wp-image-2229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_194723-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_194723-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_194723-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_194723-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All that remains is for the pipe cement to cure, base trim and finish grout around the pipe, and our first Fire!   I wound up looking like a Chimney Sweep:)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_195358-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_195358-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_195358-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_195358-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_195358-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_195358-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220109_195358-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last, here is the full beginning to end photo journal of building a wood stove stone hearth! 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