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FIREPLACE
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CHIMNEY
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BEFORE
- We numbered every brick then completely dismantled this historic brick
chimney and
re-built it to its original design. Merion, PA
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Roots
of trees grew right through the chimney
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AFTER Photograph
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AFTER Photograph
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Marble
chimney pediment/cap was restored by deGruchy Masonry at Glen Foerd on
the
Delaware, Philadelphia, PA.
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Marble
dividers between the flues were replaced in-kind.
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The
replacement dividers
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Before
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Before
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During
restoration
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In
this Durham, PA farmhouse the owners wanted a dingy cellar to become a living
space. deGruchy Masonry cleaned and repointed this fireplace, made a small
vent window into a larger full-size window which allowed a lot of natural
light in. We also installed a radiant heat floor system that was covered
with a Pennsylvania blue stone as a finish. |
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custom chimney designed by deGruchy Masonry incorporates two flues within
ornate brickwork. The lower part of the chimney has a diapering pattern
laid in brick to form lozenges. This is example of new work with a historic
victorian flavor. |
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| Owners
described to Andy deGruchy that they wanted to really cook in a fireplace.
Andy designed a stone fireplace where circular seating could go around and
a bake oven "Dutch" door was placed in the back with a pot crane
installed in the firebox. |
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Outside,
a small bake oven was installed with another "Dutch" oven door
so that in the summer, the fire could be fed in from the outside. The entire
masonry bake oven was built with a gas-jet system with controls set in the
kitchen area so that the bake oven could be used conveniently with gas for
fuel instead of wood when desired. Little openings are fresh air-intake,
viewing ports and clean-out doors. Located in Walnutport, PA |
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old footprint of a walk-in style cook fireplace was found in this old home.
We reconstructed the stonework and a small bake oven to reproduce the original
layout of the room. |
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| Budget
did not allow a complete squirrel tail bake oven so we made a warming oven. |
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| deGruchy
Masonry designed and installed a stone grain silo which goes from
the basement up to the cathedral ceilings in the living room of an
old barn converted into a house. The silo is for a custom
Rumford fireplace, instead of grain, and a wood burning stove insert that will provide heat
and ambience to these two main floors. |
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| Custom
fireplace built by deGruchy Masonry |
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photo is an example of our own effective numbering system whereby we can
put stones or bricks back in the exact location of their original position
when we rebuild something that we first have to dismantle. |
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After
re-assembly of the chimney
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