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11-06-2007, 07:29 PM #1
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Bricks displaced?
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11-07-2007, 12:04 PM #2
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Re: Bricks displaced?
Dan,
That's about one of the roughest and appears wettest fireboxes I've seen in a while. I can only imagine what the cimney/flue looked like.
I hope you referred them to someone from Chimney Safety Institute of America
Here is some brick patterns and motar joint info Brick - DiracDelta Science & Engineering Encyclopedia
I'd also want to hear what a mason says about the apparent cold joint installation.
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11-07-2007, 08:09 PM #3
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Re: Bricks displaced?
Displaced, like these?
This is in the ash pit, looking up at the base of the firebox. I really have no idea of what they were trying to do or how they got the bricks to hang up there while the mortar set.
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11-08-2007, 08:24 PM #4
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Re: Bricks displaced?
Dan,
Those bricks look like they were dry stacked, not laid up in mortar.
Those beg the questions: "What is being used between the bricks to: 1) hold them in place; 2) seal the gaps to resist the passage of heat and flame?"
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