Well, the keystone was set today. Whew... that was an event. My wife wanted to go Facebook live for the moment and man, was that ever a bust. The mortar was too thick and the winds were blowing 30 knots. We had to knock the keystone back out and clean up everything... remixed the mortar and did another index... bam. Took more force than I would have liked to get it in... but it’s in. It’s tight. Am I happy? No... but it is what it is. It is rock solid.
During the entire build I tried soooo hard not to line up the mortar joints but it happened. Really was a bummer. BUT, even though we will more than likely see cracking at the joints I’m very confident that the structure will not fall in on itself. All in all I can live with it. Man, this last little bit went quick... almost too quick to enjoy.
That said, I will cover it all up nice and tight until we start up again with the vent landing/outer arch in February.
Thanks to all the forum members before me that have helped along the way. My ignorance was surely a challenge to those that answered my lame questions. Anyone that this thread has helped... that’s cool. There is so much great info on the Forno Brave forum. Thanks to our hosts!!!
I really don’t see any point on continuing this thread. There has been little interest from what I’ve seen. Anything anyone needs to know has been documented time and time again here... all you really have to do is SEARCH for it. No need to continue documenting. I’m pretty sure I can figure out the rest from those that came before me...
Again, thanks for the help... Mikie V.
During the entire build I tried soooo hard not to line up the mortar joints but it happened. Really was a bummer. BUT, even though we will more than likely see cracking at the joints I’m very confident that the structure will not fall in on itself. All in all I can live with it. Man, this last little bit went quick... almost too quick to enjoy.
That said, I will cover it all up nice and tight until we start up again with the vent landing/outer arch in February.
Thanks to all the forum members before me that have helped along the way. My ignorance was surely a challenge to those that answered my lame questions. Anyone that this thread has helped... that’s cool. There is so much great info on the Forno Brave forum. Thanks to our hosts!!!
I really don’t see any point on continuing this thread. There has been little interest from what I’ve seen. Anything anyone needs to know has been documented time and time again here... all you really have to do is SEARCH for it. No need to continue documenting. I’m pretty sure I can figure out the rest from those that came before me...
Again, thanks for the help... Mikie V.
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