As most of the family knows, for the past 35+ years the fireplace at Camp has been unusable because of its poor ( read nonexistent) draft.

With the help of chimney and fireplace gurus Jim and Corey we have;
Cleaned the chimney, used an electric grinder to cut out the cast iron damper (which had been installed backwards), installed a smoke-guard to the front top of the fireplace, and finally, today installed a chimney top spring loaded damper.

THE RESULT:
A perfectly balanced, aesthetically pleasing, working fireplace.

One more step in our goal of making Camp the 3 1/2 season retreat that we want it to be, for this generation and the next.