Our fire is in a bit of a mess

It has been sitting out on our well deck for 6 wee a little while and it's time to get it sorted, so G has made a huge effort at getting it re-instated the last two days. Garth fitted a new chimney collar when we passed through Ely which himself primed and finished making us water tight. Now he's ripped out all the marble

 built a base to raise the fire by a foot

 replaced the backing and started tiling

Unfortunately, even when he's worked his little cotton socks off, we can't re-use the fire until we've found a welder who can join up some technical stuff with the new chimney, but "we" are getting there.

I have given him my full support by buggering off out of the way with the dogs