Out of plumb chimney

[David Banks]

Looks like disaster waiting to happen. Saw this on my way to another HI. In one the wealthiest towns in MA. Go figure.

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[Aaron Miller]

They did not become wealthy by spending money on fixing chimneys that would only fall on the gardener anyway.

Aaron

[wayne soper]

Between the chimney and your picture I'm dizzy. That chimneys not the only thing out of plumb. Was that before or after beerthirty?

[Jerry Peck]

I dunno ... ... when you look at the chimney - IT IS plumb, from where it turns, the house is crooked.

[Aaron Miller]

IT IS plumb, from where it turns, the house is crooked

Margarita time comes somewhat earlier on the East Coast, huh?

Aaron

[David Banks]

Between the chimney and your picture I'm dizzy. That chimneys not the only thing out of plumb. Was that before or after beerthirty?

Yea. I pulled over in traffic to take the pic and people were not happy. Hurried pic.

[Jim Zborowski]

Jerry, House is probly on a hill, the chimneys on the high side. Geez

[Jerry Peck]

Jerry, House is probly on a hill, the chimneys on the high side. Geez

Got it!

"Up there", they build houses on the slope of the hill instead of building them level.

Thanks, learned something new.

Still, though, wouldn't all the furniture slide "downhill", so to speak?

[Michael Thomas]

BTW, what's the technical term for the differential expansion that causes chimneys to curve like that - I used to know it, but I've forgotten....

[Aaron Miller]

It's truly a mystery . . .