Some of the old brick was spalling, so we had the chimney rebuilt, with an increased height to improve drafting from the fireplace.
chimney – rebuilt & height increased – Domian Masonry, $6750, Sept 2019
2019/07/09 Tu – Chris Domian (domianmasonry@gmail.com) @ Domian Masonry (413-687-2866) came by; said the bricks are “spalling” — flaking — observed that it had been partially rebuilt in the past (front left corner, to my eyes, maybe also a little on front right corner) … and agreed that the opening should be higher to increase airflow in chimney
2019/09/03 Tu – Domian Masonry starting to replace chimney — took the whole chimney down today … finished around 9/10. Total $6750.