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[ThinCrust99]

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Hmmm my slab is not ten feet from my privacy fence but the chimney will be way over 2ft above the fence...thoughts???

Chris

[Tscarborough]

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The bottom is upside down in the photo above, FYI.

[Tscarborough]

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I used the same fibered insulating castable mixed with 2 parts perlite. I placed the door on the dust from the grinding, so hopefully some will embed on the inside surface. After filling the cores, I made almost a slurry with the castable and a little perlite and coated the outside for some durability. I am going to paint it with BBQ paint on the exterior.

[Tscarborough]

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It cut the weight by more than half for certain.

[fxpose]

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Wow, very nice, and that should take a ton of weight off of that.....

[Tscarborough]

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The door is skeletonized, ready for some 6-1 perlcrete:

[Tscarborough]

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I finished laying the brick for the grill chimney, now I am done with brick. Next up is concrete counter tops.



(just finished, still has to be washed down)

[RuthAndScott]

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SAAA-WHEAT!!!!!!Plaid meat - looks SO YUMMY!

[meco211]

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The 'lil woman made lima beans and mashed potatoes to go with it.



Of course it had to be "field tested"....

That looks yummy. I have done some cooking in a Dutch oven with coals on top and bottom.

[Tscarborough]

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The door has been through 2 heating cycles, with no problems. It is still heavy and gets hot (190 on the outer surface maximum), but it held decent heat:

Fire out at 7:00pm on Saturday, then 1 batch of pizzas, 2 batches of bread on Sunday, and at 7:00PM on Tuesday it is at 155, 75 above ambient. Not as good as the perlcrete or AAC doors, but not bad.

I will probably core out about 50% of the door and replace it with perlcrete.

[Tscarborough]

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I did a quick sand to get rid of flash and all the sharp edges and then cut it in half. It needs a small amount of grinding on the backside to fit, and I will wait until I am sure it works before I spend any time carving the face.

I left it centered in the entryway with the oven at 250 to cure out. It weighs about 12 pounds and I hope it loses 1/3 of that.

[dmun]

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Have you heard of any material that would bind together insulating firebrick?

I have a dim memory that they put them together with a kaolin clay mixture. A call to a ceramic supply should answer your question. For kiln doors they are always secured on the exposed front and edges with steel framework, to which the hinges are attached.

[Tscarborough]

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My time it was 8:11 PM, I was sleeping by Nine.

[Derkp]

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Beautiful Pizzas !

I can't wait to get started.

Is the time stamp correct? 1:11 AM, what time is your bed time, did you forget today was a work day?

Keep up the great cooking !

Derk

[Tscarborough]

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2-1/2 hour Pizza