Mullins Luxy Build

[Gulf]

Yes, I am also a fan of the concrete arch. It gives a little more headroom than the straight lintels that are in the plans. If the arch is poured monolithic with the hearth, it can easily go up another 4" from what you have shown. I did not, and I am pleased with the final look. But, that option is there if someone needs more headroom for the storage entry.

Russell,

Gulf, should know the term

Have you thought about retiring in God's Country where you can live the "joie de vivre" and "laissez les bons temps rouler" 24-7? .

[UtahBeehiver]

Absolutely correct, I copied the taper arch from Karangi Dude and GF, the copper shingles from Larry, the perlcrete template and vent from Gulf, etc, etc. Why reinvent the wheel? I thought I had responded to your integrated arch and CMU. Gulf and I are fans of this type of arch. Are you going to run a horizontal rebar across the arch tying into each vertical rebar? Cheap reinforcement and gives the arch a extra Lagniappe (Gulf should know this term). PS congrats on the new addition. Sleepless nights ahead so you might as well work on the oven.

[Mullins]

Mullins,

I boxed mine in because I was planning on having a pull out box like Gulf and also I really did not want to crawl way back in the corner with all the bugs and critters. Some people have put a wall up in the middle with access from both sides. What ever works for you. I also wanted some support walls around the perimeter of my dome eventhough the hearth is 6" with 12" on center #5 rebar.

Hi Russell,

I was thinking also of copying Gulf, but had seen your pic so was going to do a mish-mash of both... I just couldn't think where I had seen your block cage. In my defence, they do say that copying is the highest form of flattery, no?

I am as yet undecided, but did pick up that Gulf was inspired by Jcg31, whose version is also on my mind... This is one of his pics.

[Mullins]

The arch is based on RandyJ's, so a hat tip in his general direction "chapeau"! Cuts are not as clean as I would like, but the were made with an angle grinder, in position in the wall (and my father in law had pored the bottom block core).

Mullins

[Mullins]

Hello,

I haven't updated in a couple of weeks. So, my father in law poured the cores when I was at work. He poured all of them instead of every second one (which was what I planned). It is what it is! That was the Tuesday. My other half gave birth to a healthy, bouncing son on the Thursday! That kept me busy over the weekend, and I took a few days off work and off the oven...

Tuesday this week, between rain showers, I cut the corners off the entrance, and today made forms to pour an arch and entrance columns to the wood storage. Plan was to pour that today, and the hearth tomorrow, but I had a busy morning and lost half the day... I may try to form hearth tomorrow, and pour the arch and hearth in a single pour. That may be ambitious though...

Any thoughts on the pics, or any glaring mistakes?

Mullins

[UtahBeehiver]

Mullins,

I boxed mine in because I was planning on having a pull out box like Gulf and also I really did not want to crawl way back in the corner with all the bugs and critters. Some people have put a wall up in the middle with access from both sides. What ever works for you. I also wanted some support walls around the perimeter of my dome eventhough the hearth is 6" with 12" on center #5 rebar.

[Mullins]

Gulf, I found it… It was Russell's...

This picture was what I was thinking of. Looking at it now, he does seem to lose a decent amount of space. I will have a think about it…

https://plus.google.com/photos/10287...43690731037496

[Mullins]

Hi Gulf,
I thought of SableSprings as well, but it's not the one I am thinking of? Thanks
Eoin

[Mullins]

Attached is the dry-stacked block-stand. Last 6 half-blocks were input today. Ready to pour the cores. Father in law cut the steel when I was at work, and they are in the cores. he left them 6 inches short. To save this now, i will cross the steel and drop into the concrete in the cores...

[Gulf]

Hi Gulf,

There is a discussion in RandyJ's build thread about using a lazy Susan in a corner build. Did anyone ever do it and document it?

Cheers

Eoin

Eoin,

I was in on that discussion. And, to my knowledge, no one has documented a finished Lazy Susan.

............Can anyone advise by the way who had built the corner build, and used garage door rails to put a trolley in? I know I have seen it, but cannot remember on whose build it was?..............Eoin

The only corner build that I can think of that may fit this description would be Sablespring’s.

Check out The Dragonfly here.

I hope this helps .

[Mullins]

Hi Gulf,

There is a discussion in RandyJ's build thread about using a lazy Susan in a corner build. Did anyone ever do it and document it?

Cheers

Eoin

[Mullins]

Hi Gulf,
I certainly remember that oven drawer (it's yours, no?)! That is much further on than where I am, or what I am currently looking for. I've bookmarked those pics for later.

What I was looking for was the build which had block walls framing up where the drawer would slide. The green walls on the attached (crudely drawn) doodle. I was having questions around the angles of the walls, and the main walls, and how best to align them.

I was thinking about cutting the blocks, and last night saw that RandyJ had done exactly what I had in my head (but he took it to the next level by doing the arch lintel also in one pour). Father in law thinks that is too much work and not necessary. I may look to copy RandyJ here thou (copying is the best form of flattery, no!?)

Can anyone suggest other corner builds I could look to for ideas? Not as many of them around on the forum...

Thanks

[Gulf]

It is not a corner build, but is this the one that you may have seen?
Oven Drawer on Garage Door guides

[Mullins]

Ok, a small bit of progress on the build. I took a half day on Thursday and poured the slab with my father in law. I'm happy enough the way it turned out. Appears to be pretty level. I used pre-mixed bags, and we used twelve 40kg (88lb) bags.

There was a bit of minor panic as water started to seep under the form of my corner cut-out. All other sides had been pinned back. In the end it was fine, I jammed another board up against the corner with a rock and a brick!

We then did about 3 hours this evening, and started dry-stacking the walls. It was a small bit more complex than I thought it was going to be. Belgian concrete blocks are not open at both ends! They also have three holes, and not two. In order to dry-stack and fill the cores, we had to hammer the sealed end out of the concrete blocks (three holes per block). Hopefully finish dry stacking on Monday as we are not allowed use power tools her on Sundays (provided the other half does not give birth!).

Pictures attached. Any questions, please let me know…

Can anyone advise by the way who had built the corner build, and used garage door rails to put a trolley in? I know I have seen it, but cannot remember on whose build it was…

Russell,

Yes, planning on an igloo. Thanks for putting my mind at ease.

Eoin

[UtahBeehiver]

I am assuming you are doing an igloo and not enclosing the dome. This reduces the hearth foot print by the 2 times the thickness of the enclosure wall and final wall coating, ie sheathing, handi board, rock veneer etc. The rebar now or later is up to you, short term exposure should not be an issue, if you are concerned you can always by a can of primer as a temp coat.