September 19th, 2009 
Holly I talk a lot about building fireplaces this time of year. It’s a great way to save money on heating cost and of course it adds to the value of your home. My mother has finally taken my advice and has decided to go ahead and get our fireplace in. The only problem is my step father didn’t do anything right so we spent today redoing everything he did.
When building a fireplace you need a good frame to surround it. You need to make sure the frame is level and that you have enough supplies to get the job done. You also should make sure you know what you are doing and that you have all of the proper permits to build your fireplace. If you don’t do these things your fireplace will fall down or you will have some heavy fees to pay.
Our fireplace framing is now level and square. All it took was the kids to take over the project and do it correctly. We are still not done, but we have learned a big and important lesson when it comes to home improvement, and no it’s not don’t let my step dad do it (we knew that already!) It was the simple lesson of plan first, not later.
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