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Apparently my chimney, which was built back in 1968, was built incorrectly. It didn't have a proper 8 inches of brick around it's smoke chamber (the hottest part of a chimney). To make things worse, who ever framed around it, put normal plywood right up against the brick instead of leaving the proper 2 inches of space and using a fire rated material. The insurance company was pretty fast in getting over to the scene (within 48 hours) and the adjustor printed me off a check right then and there. Interestingly enough, they gave me enough money to redo the whole front roof of my house. This set the wheels in my mind going about doing extra stuff. After I had the roof done 2 1/2 years ago, I regretted not doing dormers on the front of the house a few months later. I thought, here was my chance. I got a quote from one of the fire fighter, Frank, who does construction and it seemed very reasonable.
The quote included my idea of doing two 4 foot wide dormers but it also included his idea of doing a third one in the middle that would be 8 foot wide. I gave him the go ahead and worked began on January 24, 2007. I also got a quote from him for putting in a master bathroom. Unfortuately, I will had to move the closet I built previously. It just made a lot more sense to put a new bathroom in where the dormer would go. It just seemed like a waste to put a dormer with a window inside a closet. Frank drew me up some plans for the bathroom layout which got changed a few times. I think in the end, the best plans won out. At first I planned on doing a separate bath tub and shower but in the end went with a one piece with better fixtures. <- Here is a picture of what I thought it might look like.
Start date of reconstruction: 1/24/2007
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