This may be a dumb question, but is there any reason against leaving the plywood board in place after pouring the hearth?
I've got a board which sits just on the edges of the stand walls, and it strikes me that it would be a lot less work to leave it as it is, rather than sawing it into shape and then having to suport it from below. (Well, obviously I'd still have to support it, but to a lesser extent.)
The walls are somewhat irregular, so in some places there would be like a cement "step" as wide as the walls up to the hearth proper. Would this reduce the strength of the hearth at all?
It would be great if some of you could give me your thoughts on this!
I've got a board which sits just on the edges of the stand walls, and it strikes me that it would be a lot less work to leave it as it is, rather than sawing it into shape and then having to suport it from below. (Well, obviously I'd still have to support it, but to a lesser extent.)
The walls are somewhat irregular, so in some places there would be like a cement "step" as wide as the walls up to the hearth proper. Would this reduce the strength of the hearth at all?
It would be great if some of you could give me your thoughts on this!
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