I'm planning a 30" (2-3 inch walls) homebrew oven with a firebrick hearth.
Quick questions on crushing the leftover cuts from rounding off the oven floor:
1. Can I just crush up the extra firebrick bits and put in my homebrew mix?
2. What's the best way to go about crushing them up? There won't be many, probably 2 or 3 bricks worth, 8 lbs. each (not insulating bricks).
3. Do I leave everything else in the same ratios?
-I'm planning the standard 3:1:1:1 mix, I saw one of David S's posts recommending removing as much sand as crushed firebrick used.
-Also, in that same post by David S, I saw he recommended not using the dust from crushing, is there a reason why?
I've calculated out about 12-18 gallons of homebrew for 2-3 inch walls, 2-3 gallons per "part" of the mix, so 2 or 3 firebricks worth isn't a large amount to add, I just hate throwing away perfectly good cuttings.
Thanks for any help.
Adam
Quick questions on crushing the leftover cuts from rounding off the oven floor:
1. Can I just crush up the extra firebrick bits and put in my homebrew mix?
2. What's the best way to go about crushing them up? There won't be many, probably 2 or 3 bricks worth, 8 lbs. each (not insulating bricks).
3. Do I leave everything else in the same ratios?
-I'm planning the standard 3:1:1:1 mix, I saw one of David S's posts recommending removing as much sand as crushed firebrick used.
-Also, in that same post by David S, I saw he recommended not using the dust from crushing, is there a reason why?
I've calculated out about 12-18 gallons of homebrew for 2-3 inch walls, 2-3 gallons per "part" of the mix, so 2 or 3 firebricks worth isn't a large amount to add, I just hate throwing away perfectly good cuttings.
Thanks for any help.
Adam
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