"A Simple Project"

More exciting holes!
I decided one thing I'm going to do this weekend is deal with the chimney clean out door. That's the little door at the bottom of your chimney that you open to clean out all the junk that gets swept down when it's cleaned. Mine is on the chimney that serves as the furnace exhaust, so it doesn't see heavy use, but still. It should be better. Usually these doors are cast iron, though now I see some on the market that are stainless steel.
This is how the door looked:

Yup. More tape. Electrical this time!

I was hoping to reuse the door that was there - just clean it up/reset it.
After prying it out of the hole (with only the force of my pointer finger) it became apparent that that was not going to work. A big part of the frame of the door is no longer there.

The back of the door (flopped over vertically).
Notice how the frame is gone at the top (would have been the bottom) and along the right (opening) side.

I'm going to need a new door. Not a big deal, they are between $30-$50. I  just need to know what size to get. I'll measure the hole. Terrific. Progress!

The hole! An 8" x 8" hole!

Ok! Now we're moving! I'll just get on the internet and figure out where to get one!
Oh. But they are all actually bigger than 8"x8". That's the door opening size.
They all have frames that extend about an inch beyond the hole.
Which would be fine, except this hole is right above that little cement platform.
Which would interfere with the frame.
Which is why someone cut the bottom of the frame off.
Because otherwise it won't fit.

SIGH.

Until then!

Gaff Tape fixes everything.
The spirit of Ms Mary adheres.