Reply-To: cfreeny@worldnet.att.net
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To: buckley@rumford.com
Subject: Great Results
I built a log cabin down here in Texas the old fashioned way. We
cut the trees (post oak), milled them ourselves, and ended up
with a great little 3br, 2bath cabin on our lake. Naturally we
wanted a 'real' fireplace, and just any old fireplace wasn't the
aim. I found your website and got swept away by the idea. I'm
an engineer, and it seemed to make sense to me.
I had tried to use one of the masons on your list, from Terrell.
Couldn't interest him in coming all the way to Buffalo, TX for
this job, plus it turned out he actually hadn't built one, but
just wanted to. So I just got a hold of a fellow who was by
all accounts, a very good mason.
But when I brought him out to give me a bid, it got a little
uncomfortable. Not the price, mind you, but because the mason had
his 53 year old father with him, who was also a mason. Well, he
said he'd been building fireplaces for 35 years and never seen
anything like what I wanted (a 36" Rumford). I had your info
from the web, plus the info from Metro Brick in Dallas where I'd
bought the components. Finally, the son agreed to build it to
specification and I agreed to not hold him responsible for
whether it worked, only to hold him responsible for meeting the
spec's. He did a magnificent job, everything was spot on. When
we finally started a fire, it drew beautifully. An oak fire in
that fireplace really throws a lot of heat. We have had EVERYONE
who stood in front of it (when burning) comment on 'what a good
fireplace this is'.
Count us as another satisfied customer.
Chuck Freeny.
