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matt and i headed for the fireplace and busted shit up old sk00l. i got off to a slow start with the brick removal, as i had to continue the reverse tetris for a bit to make sure things wouldn't collapse on me. but as i started heading towards the firebox, i eventually hit critical mass and things just came right out and collapse was no longer an issue.
now for the progress pics. i apologize for them being all so dark; it's really hard to get good photos in that room right now.
this is how it looked shortly after we started and i yanked out the bottom-most piece of the flue pipe:
and right after i broke through to the firebox:
and right after matt left to go get ready for his hot date:
tomorrow's activities won't be quite so profound. i'll just be focusing in on a few things, like sealing off the flue at the top of the chimney and removing the rest of the floor pieces to see how much of the basement concrete was ripped up when they put in the fireplace and figure out how to go about filling that back in.