Desperately need a chemist(?) to help me out of the hole I dug.

[IrishAyes]

22. Now that most of the rock salt trap blockage has been cut out, the remaining pipe actually started

to drain. He drilled a hole down the middle with a titanium drill bit. Be assured everything possible will be done to protect that cabin wall; I'm a preservationist at heart. When I bought the place and had the deadly old furnace taken out, we discovered the original brick fireplace in the living room of the house (100 years old). The thing was about to fall apart, and I couldn't afford a full restoration, but the bricks at the top of the 12-foot ceiling looked basically okay for about 8 rows down. Except for the big hole in the middle of the front. Anyway, I wouldn't let the men demolish the upper reaches despite that hole. Pretty soon the hole will be covered by a Sinn Fein flag anyway, and I couldn't bear not to leave some original part of the first fireplace. (It's insulated against heat loss) And I figure that fireplace opening up so high, concealed by an Irish flag, will also make a handy hiding place for protected treasures.

I'm determined to strip down every one of these wood floors and refinish them, even the ones that still have the most horrid carpet GLUED to the floor. I wouldn't treat my worst enemy the way some owners and renters have treated this house.