36" Build Alberta, Canada

[Vee]

They are glued with PL600. Dome enclosure bricks will sit on top of the counter levered bricks of the hearth to provide extra stability. Here is what I was planning.




I was aiming for a floor height of 42" but could build a taller pcrete floor by 2" but that would bring me up to 44" floor height. Is that getting too high. I'm only 5'7"!

[fox]

Have you stuck all the bricks together with adhesive or do you plan to cement them together ?

[Vee]

Russell,

Thanks! Maybe I'll drop my plywood floor down a couple of inches to make room for a larger pcrete base.

[UtahBeehiver]

5 to 1 pcrete is typical for floor insulation with 4" of pcrete roughly equal to 2" of CaSi board and is the "minimum" recommended floor thickness

[Vee]

Hello,

After months of lurking, I finally started my 36" build at my cottage. Since I'm only there on the weekends for the most part I used landscaping blocks to speed up the stand build. I'm about to pour the concrete for the hearth. I have 8"'s to play with for the concrete slab and perlicrete base. I was planing on 4" concrete and 4" perlicrete. Would it be better to go 3.5" concrete and 4.5"'s of perlicrete to maximize my floor insulation? Is it better to add slab strength (69"x 54") or floor insulation?