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I think it's the law in NYC that chimneys have to be lined, ie a round metal tube has to be snaked up the flue. I think this law was why so many fireplaces were sealed in the first place in the 1970's.

I though y'alls lived for a long time in the tiny 250 sq. ft. place you did the "8 month" cure with? How can you only have been there 6 months?

Dave - Sorry: I forgot to include my name at the end of the post. This post is from me, not Maxwell, which explains the 6-month period mentioned. Kind of hard to have an 8-month cure in a 6-month-old apartment, huh?

thx for the clarfication - from the pics I've seen of maxwell's pied a terre, I couldn't imagine where a fireplace would fit and how it wouldn't set the whole place on fire!

How difficult is it to un-seal a fireplace once it has been sealed up? is it hopeless?

I have a lovely fireplace in my 274 sq ft place, but the landlord won't spend the dough to maintain it... so candles inside it will be. I do find it annoying that when there is a brisk rainfall, I have water coming in through the chimney.... They joys of New York apartments....