The firebox is in

This week we've had the electrician rewiring the old part of the house. We have new power points in places that make sense, new lights that work and a smoke detector in the hallway.

Bob also came out to install the fireplace but as you can see was unable to finish the job properly. The chimney needs to be repointed and some height added. Bob pulled down two layers of bricks and was unable to secure the top chimney plate and cap. We're making changes to the roofline before we submit the plans to council, but the race is now on to get things happening.

As the electrician was here at the same time as the fireplace installer they managed to sort out how to wire in the power for the fan. Rather than run an intrusive cable across the front of our fireplace, we have it all hidden in the brickwork. I'm not sure why, but there's a void adjacent to the chimney so power runs through it with a junction box in the roof.

So how awesome is this? I think it's beautiful even though it looks nowhere near finished. It's also a bloody huge firebox. Oh I just can't stop thinking about how fabulous it's going to be when lit either.