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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
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How old is it? (When was house built?)
Mortar joints ok in the firebox? (try to gouge/pry cement with an old screwdriver)
If the cement it good, Id be less inclined to worry.
I have demo'd a few homes, and it's scary to find charred dry wood against the fireplace.
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