Views are usually interesting when you’re fixing chimney pots. Weather conditions do apply to how interesting one’s view of said situation is though…
This is a strange ~~fixation~~ interest but I’m interested. Why? Is it design, structure, history? A combination of factors?
I do
Have you watched videos of fred dibnah on YouTube? (Obviously he’s long past now but videos of him back in the day)
Once did a days labour for an antique seller who used to get chimneys from demolished Victorian housing and sell them by the shipping container load to Americans
They are bigger, and much heavier, than you think
This picture oozes West Yorkshire
Aren’t chimney pots brilliant? They have all different types and that. The whole point of them is that they’re great at keeping smoke out of your house to stop you dying. Brilliant!
Whereabouts is? That’s sooty Stone reminds me of the seventies when the pollution used to make everything black.
Quality.
Need to watch when posting about chimneys ,.it could cause a influx of furnaces
book binders are the real fetish
Reminds me of the Eleanor Rigby scene in Yellow Submarine
Oh, absolutely! I find chimney pots utterly captivating. The variety of designs and shapes truly sparks my curiosity. It’s like a little architectural wonderland on top of houses.
Yes !
You might want to check out ‘[Witches’ seats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches'_stones?wprov=sfti1#)’. Basically small platforms built on chimneys in some parts of the country for witches to have a little chill on, so they don’t target your house.
I remember being a little’un and looking at the chimney pots as dad drove past all the old houses, wondering how the hell Father Christmas was able to squeeze down them.
It was only when I got older that I realised the truth.
>!It’s because he’s magic!<
Honestly, not even slightly. But I’m glad you do and I hope you continue to find interesting chimney pots.
I thought it was just me.
I’m more into quoins but I find any historic architectural feature interesting. I did my quantity surveying degree dissertation on modern approaches to historic building conservation.
You is Fred Dibnah incarnate!
r/dullmensclub
You need to go to Blackgang Chine – they have a garden full of different types of Chimneypots!
Alright Ken, if we go round and see all the old chimney pots and that today, that means we can go and do the things that I want to do tonight!?
Babe wake up, new autistic fixation just dropped
More and more as I get older, I stop and appreciate a good bit of architecture
When we had the roof done on our house the old chimney pot was removed and stack rebuilt (we’ve got a log burner so it was removed not just for cosmetic purposes) and I put it in my flowerbed as a feature! It looks great, I’ve got a lot of ‘reclaimed’ stuff in my flowerbed, like the tyre rim of one of my late dad’s classic cars which is now used as a plant stand!
I don’t think the chimney pot was original to the house, which was built in 1897 as two houses. Both were abandoned in the 40s until the 70s, when the conversion to one house took place so various chimney breasts were removed, and I’d imagine it was at this time that possibly two chimneys were removed to make way for the big one that’s now part of my flowerbed. Every time I dig a hole in the garden I find bits of broken pottery and tiles, so I think the original chimney pots could’ve been smashed up. There’s a man-made bank at the back of our garden which was probably built using all the smashed up bits of pottery and bricks (two outhouses were also knocked down in the 70s). It’s fascinating to think about, sadly can’t find many records and only have pictures of a renovation done in the 90s (when carpets were added to the bathrooms.. ew!)
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Each to their own, mate.
Views are usually interesting when you’re fixing chimney pots. Weather conditions do apply to how interesting one’s view of said situation is though…
This is a strange ~~fixation~~ interest but I’m interested. Why? Is it design, structure, history? A combination of factors?
I do
Have you watched videos of fred dibnah on YouTube? (Obviously he’s long past now but videos of him back in the day)
Once did a days labour for an antique seller who used to get chimneys from demolished Victorian housing and sell them by the shipping container load to Americans
They are bigger, and much heavier, than you think
This picture oozes West Yorkshire
Aren’t chimney pots brilliant? They have all different types and that. The whole point of them is that they’re great at keeping smoke out of your house to stop you dying. Brilliant!
Whereabouts is? That’s sooty Stone reminds me of the seventies when the pollution used to make everything black.
Quality.
Need to watch when posting about chimneys ,.it could cause a influx of furnaces
book binders are the real fetish
Reminds me of the Eleanor Rigby scene in Yellow Submarine
Oh, absolutely! I find chimney pots utterly captivating. The variety of designs and shapes truly sparks my curiosity. It’s like a little architectural wonderland on top of houses.
Yes !
You might want to check out ‘[Witches’ seats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches'_stones?wprov=sfti1#)’. Basically small platforms built on chimneys in some parts of the country for witches to have a little chill on, so they don’t target your house.
I remember being a little’un and looking at the chimney pots as dad drove past all the old houses, wondering how the hell Father Christmas was able to squeeze down them.
It was only when I got older that I realised the truth.
>!It’s because he’s magic!<
Honestly, not even slightly.
But I’m glad you do and I hope you continue to find interesting chimney pots.
I thought it was just me.
I’m more into quoins but I find any historic architectural feature interesting. I did my quantity surveying degree dissertation on modern approaches to historic building conservation.
You is Fred Dibnah incarnate!
r/dullmensclub
You need to go to Blackgang Chine – they have a garden full of different types of Chimneypots!
Alright Ken, if we go round and see all the old chimney pots and that today, that means we can go and do the things that I want to do tonight!?
Babe wake up, new autistic fixation just dropped
More and more as I get older, I stop and appreciate a good bit of architecture
When we had the roof done on our house the old chimney pot was removed and stack rebuilt (we’ve got a log burner so it was removed not just for cosmetic purposes) and I put it in my flowerbed as a feature! It looks great, I’ve got a lot of ‘reclaimed’ stuff in my flowerbed, like the tyre rim of one of my late dad’s classic cars which is now used as a plant stand!
I don’t think the chimney pot was original to the house, which was built in 1897 as two houses. Both were abandoned in the 40s until the 70s, when the conversion to one house took place so various chimney breasts were removed, and I’d imagine it was at this time that possibly two chimneys were removed to make way for the big one that’s now part of my flowerbed. Every time I dig a hole in the garden I find bits of broken pottery and tiles, so I think the original chimney pots could’ve been smashed up. There’s a man-made bank at the back of our garden which was probably built using all the smashed up bits of pottery and bricks (two outhouses were also knocked down in the 70s). It’s fascinating to think about, sadly can’t find many records and only have pictures of a renovation done in the 90s (when carpets were added to the bathrooms.. ew!)