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I ordered the concrete for Tuesday. I'll may play around with cutting a few bricks. But, other than that nothing happening until that point.
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I used an old wash line pipe that's no longer being used. I simply slid it in to about where I thought it s/b, and pulled down. It bent much easier than I anticipated.
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I'll drink a little wine with a meal. But, after a hot day of laying brick, give me a budweiser . Also, if you have one, don't put that weber by the curb just yet. It may still come in handy as you expand your cooking repertoire .
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Yes, it's on purpose. If I was using plywood I'd have had to set it lower and inside the edge of the block so that it could be removed afterward. Because I used cement board, it doesn't have to be removed. It'll stay in place as the bottom side of the hearth.
I'm not doing bags of concrete. Unfortunately, I've got a bad back and had knee surgery this year also. I'm having a truck deliver mud. If you noticed, none of my blocks are filled. Usually every other cell is cement and rebar, and the remainder of the blocks are filled with whatever. Because the min delivery is 1 yard, I'm filling every block.
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Chris inPA - looking good, sir! You have a strong robust build going on there (I had to go pretty deep with the dig too - exhausting stuff - but wound up with a near bomb shelter!).
Poured my hearth on Saturday past - 24 bags later - eesh - remember - good to plan the weep holes BEFORE the pour with some PVC or rubber tubing (I had to drill after the fact - thank goodness Utahbeehiver stepped in to remind me before it cured!).
You have a strong frame there for the hearth support - looking at your frame and under board - it sits higher than flush with the block - is this what you designed?
I know the FB plans suggest setting the height of the frame low enough to accommodate a flush lay of plywood/hard board on top.
Did you purposefully make the hard board slightly higher?
Just curious
Barry
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A conduit bender works good as well if you have one otherwise a scrap piece of pipe as stated will work great. It's pretty easy to bend. I wouldn't mess with a torch as there is no real need to do so.
Ricky
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