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Originally Posted by ShopVac
Of all the work I've put into my place...the coolest thing just done was not completed by me. My 75 yr old father in law ripped out the corner of my porch...and put this in. Internally, it has re-purposed fire bricks from the J&L Pittsburgh steel mill. He also cut and faced each stone by hand...a true lost art. 
Total awesomeness...cant wait to fire it up. |
I love doing project like that with my father-in-law, who is also in his mid-70s. Guys like that grew up in a time when you got creative with the tools and supplies you had on hand or could scavenge. These days you make 14 trips to Home Depot to get one project done and just buy what you need, because you can. I have a ton of respect for guys like him and always learn some cool new way of solving a problem when I do a project with him.