My Old Kentucky Dome

[Ken524]

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...so, when exactly do you plan on getting that far?

Frances, Looks like it will be spring before the stone & stucco. I'm going to try to get the framing, cement board and roof done before the end of December.

[Ken524]

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I'm reviewing your chimney anchor attachment. Did you mortar it in place or use a high temp caulking material?

George,

I put down 1/2" of mortar and squished the anchor down on it to get a good seal. Then I heaped up some mortar on the corners and made sure it oozed over the sides to bond with the mortar oozing out the edges. With the weight of the chimney pushing down, I don't think it'll go anywhere.

Also, You're using an 8 inch chimney, correct? What is the dimensions of the square anchor plate?

12"x12" for the Duratech 8" plate.

[asudavew]

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I love the photoshop drawing of your housing.

I am sure the final product will look even nicer.
You can sure see the whole picture. Great vision.
That's hard for me to do sometimes.

Have you started your curing fires yet?

[Ken524]

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Have you started your curing fires yet?

Nope. We went out of town for the long holiday weekend. I had planned on curing and building the enclosure this week, but as luck would have it... Rain

This is also the busy season at work. It's going to be a busy month. I'll try to squeeze in oven work when I can.

[gjbingham]

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Ken,
thanks for your help with the vent placement.
The reason I'm sweating it a bit is that Julian/Gentcpa recently had difficulties with expansion of the anchorplate causing cracking of his arch.
Did you see those posts?
G.

[Ken524]

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The reason I'm sweating it a bit is that Julian/Gentcpa recently had difficulties with expansion of the anchorplate causing cracking of his arch.
Did you see those posts?

Yes, I've been following those closely. If I understand the problem correctly, if you have a hair more than 8"x8" on the interior dimensions, that will give the 8" pipe some breathing room. If the pipe is snug inside your transition, you might have problems. I hit a few spots on my interior with the angle grinder to assure the pipe can expand a bit. I hope that works.

[gjbingham]

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Thanks (again) Ken,
I think I understand what you're getting at. I thought the pipe mounted outside the plate and just sat on top. From what you've indicated, the pipe goes inside the anchor plate. Is that the case?
I'm just getting ready to order chimney supplies. I think I need to hold them in my hands to really get a feeling for the problem.
George

[Ken524]

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George,

I wish I had taken a picture of the anchor before I installed it. I threw together a 4-minute CAD drawing of it. It's a bit rough but I think you'll get the idea.

The plate has a threaded, insulated section on the upper side that accepts the chimney pipe. Underneath the plate, the thin, 8"diam inner wall protrudes about 1-2". This is the area that expanded on Julian and he was snipping.

If you have a bit of clearance around the lower ring, you should be ok (if I understand Julian's problem correctly!).

[gjbingham]

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Ken,
You're awesome! That cover's it entirely!

You'd never guess this setup from the stock photos on the internet. I think I can deal with that. I've burned out the abrasive disk on my neighbor's grinder. I'll get another an make that sucker fit!

George

[dusty]

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I'll make that sucker fit!

Ahh, the bigger hammer method! Been there. Not always as a last resort either.

dusty

[Ken524]

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Finally some time for oven work! First fire went well. I used Monday's newspaper. It didn't generate much heat so I threw in some cardboard from my insulation board box. That got things going a bit. I was really pleased that the vent took most of the smoke! Only a little bit came out of the front right after lighting. After that, everything went right into the vent and out the anchor.



Everything thing cooled down very quickly. I didn't want to waste a week of good weather staring at curing fires so I decided to go ahead with the insulation and start working on the enclosure. (Keeping my fingers crossed that there won't be any cracks needing repair!)



I used two boxes of 1 inch, 6# Kaowool blanket (100 sqft total). Everything has 2 layers (2 inches) minimum. Some areas have 3 or 4 layers due to overlap. I threw all the leftover blanket on the top so it has a solid 3-4" of blanket.

This stuff is thick and heavy. I can't imagine any heat leaking out. I'll fill the enclosure with loose perlite. I found a local supplier with 4cuft bags for $16 each.

I think I'll start a new thread for my enclosure pictures.

[fullback66]

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I used two boxes of 1 inch, 6# Kaowool blanket (100 sqft total). Everything has 2 layers (2 inches) minimum. Some areas have 3 or 4 layers due to overlap. I threw all the leftover blanket on the top so it has a solid 3-4" of blanket.


Where did you buy the Kaowool blanket? Did you buy it from our host FB?

thanks,
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[Ken524]

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Where did you buy the Kaowool blanket? Did you buy it from our host FB?

Fullback,

I bought the Kaowool blankets at a local refractory supply, Louisville Firebrick. They were $70/box (I'm buying a bunch of other stuff from Forno Bravo, so I think James will forgive me ).

Ken

[Acoma]

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Ken, before going with the loose vermic. get some Matrilite 18 and coat a couple inches over the blanket. Then go w/ loose vermic.

[fullback66]

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Acoma,
What is Matrilite 18?
Where do you buy it?
fb66

Ken524-Thanks for the info. on the blanket.
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