{"id":5327,"date":"2013-01-16T17:25:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=5327"},"modified":"2014-03-07T08:38:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T16:38:55","slug":"queen-anne-rowhouse-finishing-the-chimney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=5327","title":{"rendered":"Queen Anne Rowhouse – finishing the chimney"},"content":{"rendered":"

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I made a chimney<\/a> for the Queen Anne Rowhouse. Well, most of a chimney. I’m getting ready to shingle the roof, so I finally got around to making a top part of the chimney to go with the bottom. <\/p>\n

I started by cutting two pieces of plywood from the same piece I used for the bottom of the chimney (so the width would be the same), using the miter box to create 45-degree angles at the bottom. The miter box was probably not the best way to do it but Geoff wasn’t around for power tool magic and I was impatient.<\/p>\n

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When put together, they look like this. I made the top of the chimney double wide, thinking that the bottom part is also (theoretically) double wide, but the inner half is inside of the wall.<\/p>\n

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Here’s how it looks on the roof. Gets the job done.<\/p>\n

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I glued the pieces together with wood glue and clamped them to dry. After they were dry, I used the disc sander to make the top level. (The sides would be covered up by egg cartons so I didn’t worry about them.)<\/p>\n

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Next I painted the chimney gray (my go-to “grout” color for egg carton stones), along with some pieces of basswood to form a top to the chimney. The top edge of the plywood pieces was painted black.<\/p>\n

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The little basswood pieces form a border around the top of the chimney, giving the illusion of depth.<\/p>\n

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I used my usual egg carton stone process<\/a>, starting by wrapping pieces around the top.<\/p>\n

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Didn’t bother taking pics of the stones-in-progress, but here’s the chimney covered with egg carton stones. (This is before painting — notice how “flat” the stones look compared to the finished chimney piece underneath!) Originally I planned to put the chimney in the middle of the hinged panel, but the siding doesn’t match up nicely at the seam and I decided offsetting the chimney would be a good way to hide this.<\/p>\n

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Here’s how it’ll look when the panel’s open. I’m planning to build a diagonal wall to close off the corner where the inner half of the chimney would (theoretically) be on the inside, with fireplaces on both floors.<\/p>\n

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And here it is after painting and applying matte varnish. I still can’t get over how much these torn up scraps of egg carton look like stone.<\/p>\n

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Hopefully the brain is tricked into seeing the chimney as one piece that extends up through the base of the roof. I plan to add a piece of trim over the exposed plywood edge… I can’t actually cover the edges of the chimney pieces with it since that would prevent the panel from swinging open, but I think there will be a good enough illusion of one continuous chimney when it’s all finished.<\/p>\n

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And here’s a glimpse of the top. I might add two chimney pots to make it more realistic. (I found a bunch made out of clay<\/a>, but haven’t measured to see if any of these will fit. If not I guess I can make my own out of dowels.)<\/p>\n

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I’m waiting for the weather to warm up outside before I stain the shingles…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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