Duane's 42" Build

[david s]

If the firebrick floor is laid loose on the dry mix it allows free movement of individual bricks which will expand at different rates because of uneven heating. If laid on a wet mix it acts like mortar and doesn’t allow that free movement as well. The dry mix also has the advantage of making the replacement of a floor brick in the centre of the floor far easier. The floor bricks take quite a beating and it will be the bricks in the centre that get the worst of it. The bricks on the outside of the floor never seem to have this problem.

[Hamilton]

Finally a roof. Door in progress, lacking handles at this point.

[Giovanni Rossi]

Great structure Duane. Really like the look. Since I had to do a corner build, I had envisioned something similar early on in my planning but my site just wouldn't support it.

What type of wood did you use? Stained?

[Hamilton]

Stained cedar post and roof joist. The roof/ceiling is 2x6 tongue and groove cleared cedar. The door is walnut.

[MarkJerling]

Looks fantastic Duane! Well done.

[rasorface]

Congrats on getting through the arch! For the photo issue, I had the same problem a while back on my MacBook Pro. What worked for me was opening the image in Preview, going to Tools > Adjust Size, and shrinking it down a bit. Also, exporting it as a JPEG usually helps with the file size. Give that a shot—it’s pretty straightforward once you do it a couple of times.

[david s]

Another way is to email the pic to yourself and when prompted select medium size. Then you can transfer it from your email onto the post.

[Hamilton]

Hey guys. Cleaning out the garage and have 4 50lbs bags of heat stop 50 and 1 50lb bag of type s lime if anybody is interested. It has been on a pallet in the garage since completing my build and I think maybe it is still okay? This stuff was expensive when I bought and seems to have doubled since. I will just toss it if you guys think it has set to long. Let me know. I live in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for anybody that is close.