The plan for today, among other work continued from last week, was to get the three living room fireplaces installed. 

With the units in place and vented, I can formalize my design schemes.  The idea with this building is to take some more chances with bolder layouts and interesting colour and texture.  More on that later.  For now we can finish framing and get the cabinets measured for install later.   

The end unit benefits from the simplest vent run.  The shorter the better with these exhaust routes.  Much trouble is created for the builder who doesn’t plan his runs at the design stage so that structural elements can accommodate the space tolerances.  So far so good here.  

note the vent run is over a dropped beam.  While we prefer flush beams, the furnace vent would be impossible without making a low bulkhead.