![Up the flight of stairs and in.](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Joe-Fireplace-5.jpg)
My son Dorian, on the left, and his pal (and mine) Zack, shortly after major macho lifting and carrying up stairs action. Piece is in and looks great.
![The original slab, 12" x 8' x 10'. Just over six thousand pounds and 280 million years old.](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Joe-Fireplace-1.jpg)
I had the edges of a massisve slab cut off, and used them for the legs and header.
![This is the original cut from which I took the fireplace.](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Joe-Fireplace-2.jpg)
From these edge cuts I took the legs and the header. All came from the same stone.
![Test fit over and over](https://oldworldstonecarving.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Joe-Fireplace-6.jpg)
I used dowels as rollers to gently roll the legs up to test their fit against the header.
Waiting for the gas insert…
The client will have a gas insert fitted to the firebox so he can have a legal fire in his bedroom. Very cool.