Re: Laying down mortar
Id say defiantly stick with what you have been using. If you switch you may have different expansion issues and after all I assume many ovens have been built here with great results using that recipe.Your ok just play with the water content of the bricks and the mud. You should be able to get it so when you set the brick hold it for a short count and it should stay.
Putting a nice layer of sand on the hearth floor will catch any mortar..and what ever else falls..Im sure everyone here has had them fall at one time or another. Heck I did a firebox rebuild about a year ago and had some fall at first. I don't think I have built a fireplace in years, nobody wants them and you simply cannot beat the price of a prefab metal one..Im gonna build one here at the house because I just like the look of them and I cannot justify being a mason and not having a fireplace..I think its in the code of ethics somewhere..
Id say defiantly stick with what you have been using. If you switch you may have different expansion issues and after all I assume many ovens have been built here with great results using that recipe.Your ok just play with the water content of the bricks and the mud. You should be able to get it so when you set the brick hold it for a short count and it should stay.
Putting a nice layer of sand on the hearth floor will catch any mortar..and what ever else falls..Im sure everyone here has had them fall at one time or another. Heck I did a firebox rebuild about a year ago and had some fall at first. I don't think I have built a fireplace in years, nobody wants them and you simply cannot beat the price of a prefab metal one..Im gonna build one here at the house because I just like the look of them and I cannot justify being a mason and not having a fireplace..I think its in the code of ethics somewhere..
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