# Can't build a stone fireplace

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-a-stone-fireplace/8216
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [December 6, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-a-stone-fireplace/8216 "2014-12-06T22:25:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Ferodaktyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ferodaktyl/32/56_2.png) [@Ferodaktyl](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ferodaktyl)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-a-stone-fireplace/8216/1 "2014-12-06T22:25:48Z")

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I have all the needed materials and tools (stones, hammer and shovel) but i cannot build the fireplace. It is grayed out in the construction menu, and it shows the tool with red, even if i have them in my inventory. Any help ?

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### Author: ![zolmir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3bc359/32.png) [@zolmir](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zolmir)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-a-stone-fireplace/8216/2 "2014-12-06T22:44:02Z")

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Your construction skill is insufficient.

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### Author: ![Jakers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@Jakers](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jakers)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-a-stone-fireplace/8216/3 "2014-12-06T22:47:44Z")

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> [@zolmir](#):
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> Your construction skill is insufficient.

Either what Zolmir said, or your shovel simply isn’t cool enough. Make sure it has a suitable digging quality, and if it does (yet still doesn’t work), try to find a different digging tool.

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### Author: ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-a-stone-fireplace/8216/4 "2014-12-08T02:08:45Z")

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This is a tiny display oversight.  
If your skill is too low, it will redden out everything, not just what you actually do not have.

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### Author: ![zolmir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3bc359/32.png) [@zolmir](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zolmir)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-build-a-stone-fireplace/8216/5 "2014-12-08T21:55:04Z")

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[quote=“Coolthulhu, post:4, topic:8216”]This is a tiny display oversight.  
If your skill is too low, it will redden out everything, not just what you actually do not have.[/quote]  
Exactly.
