We finally built a real fire in the fireplace. We've done this properly, calling in a chimney sweep, making sure the screen is in front of the fireplace, and placing the fire extinguisher in plain view where it can be readily accessed. But I still burnt my lip trying to eat a hot dog during our marshmallow/hot dog roast. Twice.
We actually built a grate out of bricks and a piece drainage grate. These grates are serious pieces of metal that form a line over the drainage ditch in the driveway, and there happened to be some extra ones behind the car port. But our other impromtu tools (a piece of wood for a poker, kitchen tongs for toasting marshmallows and moving pieces of coal) simply proved Andrew's credo - that proper tools get the job done properly. Once my burnt lip stopped hurting, I was more than happy to agree.
Andrew came home from the Op Shop with an excellent set of brass fireplace tools for $30. Op Shops are amazing. We haven't found a real grate yet, though -- or a really long marshmallow fork.
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