Saw a real old school chimney pot setup in Charleston last week

It was a row of houses built in the 1880s, and every single one had a different clay pot design. Has anyone worked on a historic block like that and found a good way to source replacement parts?

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ray_williams15d ago

My buddy in Savannah had to get a custom pot made because the salvage yards only had common patterns.

aaronsullivan25d ago

That sounds amazing, Charleston is full of those details. Finding exact matches for those old clay pots can be a real hunt. Have you tried reaching out to any local historical societies or salvage yards that specialize in old building materials?

logan56125d ago

It's like @aaronsullivan said, that hunt for old parts feels like a lost skill now.

blair_nguyen25d ago

Oh man, @aaronsullivan, my last salvage yard trip was just me staring at a pile of bricks for an hour (I am not good at this).