42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

[V-wiz]

Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

Here is some work from today. We continued the installation of the bricks. We cut open an area to accommodate for the BBQ pit clean out door, then continued to install the bricks.


Cutting the opening.



Using our Bosch jack hammer to dig out the concrete

[V-wiz]

Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

Thanks for the advice, the mortar bag proved to be a mess and wasn't working that well, in the end we just applied it with a trowel, very similar to the video. Brickie... i agree the easier way would be to use full bricks and install as usual, however since i was using splits thinset needed to be used to secure the split bricks against the cinder blocks.

[brickie in oz]

Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

Tucking tool is waaaay easier than a grout bag, in my experience

Laying the bricks fully jointed to start with is way easier too.

[deejayoh]

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Oh, yup. Here is the one I watched. It worked a treat

Tuck Pointing Method for Repointing Bricks

[deejayoh]

Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

Look up a video - but it's a 3/8" wide trowel. You hold the mortar next to the brick on a hod, and just push it in a bit at a time. It goes really quickly. Vertical joints are done with a pointing trowel first, then the horizontal joints are tucked, and then you tool.

My experience is that mortar bags make a mess. Brick mortar doesn't like to flow through them. You just get a bunch of compact sand at the opening and runny concrete all over your bricks.

I'll see if I can find you a video.

[V-wiz]

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Tucking tool is waaaay easier than a grout bag, in my experience

Tucking tool? How will the mortar be applied/pushed in?

[deejayoh]

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Yes i will be using a grout bag.

Tucking tool is waaaay easier than a grout bag, in my experience

[V-wiz]

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Gotta love 22.5* angles. The brick look great....are you going to use a grout bag for the joints?

Yes i will be using a grout bag.

[stonecutter]

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Gotta love 22.5* angles. The brick look great....are you going to use a grout bag for the joints?

[V-wiz]

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Thank you Dave.

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday
Nice workmanship and I love the effect of old brick , the different texture and colours! Iam almost temped to go over my own dome with a brick cover

Regards dave

Ps the chimney no looks more balanced now that have you benches tied in with the brickwork.

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday
Nice workmanship and I love the effect of old brick , the different texture and colours! Iam almost temped to go over my own dome with a brick cover

Regards dave

[V-wiz]

Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

May i add that ive been fairly happy with this blade MK Diamond 159407 MK-99 10-Inch Dry or Wet Cutting Segmented Saw Blade with 5/8-Inch Arbor for Concrete and Brick - Amazon.com.


Ive been doing all these cuts and about finished the build on just one blade and still using it, its almost done but its still on the saw. I have one more sitting in the garage but for the price this was a nice blade.

[V-wiz]

Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

that's gonna be some tuck pointing fun

Ya wont be much fun but the gaps are not that large and i will apply them fairly thin.

[deejayoh]

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that's gonna be some tuck pointing fun