I am working on a project for longtime good friends (as in, I lived with her all through college and I have been good friends with him since they started dating). When they bought this house, the living room was divided by a wall from the kitchen/dining area. This was the first order of business. We knocked down the wall and I cut a couple timberframe bents to replace it. I think they work well with the existing 3×10 ceiling joists and t&g ceiling.
I also installed the prefinished 3/4″ solid maple flooring. I am pretty jealous of their house now, the space has an awesome feel, sort of like a western loft type of thing. Next up is the guest shower (going to Kerdi the walls tonight). Their previous house is under contract and when that is done we are going to do a new master bath and the new cabinets will be ordered. We still need to do a bunch of trim (obviously) and they need to pick out some stone/tile for the areas near the doors and in front of the woodstove.
Here are the shots.
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Good looking work!
Chuck S
Looks good. Keep us updated.
jt8
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." --Voltaire
jesse,
very nice tidy work. looks great!
Man, that is one huge woodstove for the space...looks like a Schrader. I bought one for my present house and cut new firebrick for it; they were excellent quality.
Thanks for the show and tell.
What'd you use to cut the firebrick?
Masonry blade in a circular saw. The brick was pretty soft, not nearly as hard as a building brick. We didn't use any water, just got gear on and got dusty. We set them on a piece of plywood with cleats to hold the brick in place. Now that i own a tile saw, i'd use that if i ever have to do it again.
Thanks.
In the future I'll be cutting a good number of firebrick and am gathering data.
I've an MK-100 so what kind of blade would you recommend?
I'm not quite sure what you're asking. What kind of diamond blade? Is there any other kind that can be used on a tile saw?
Seems I recall reading somewhere where there was a specific blade for brick.
Firebrick is so soft, that i've seen instructions for cutting it with a bandsaw or even a handsaw, so i'm not sure equating cutting it with cutting building brick is going to be helpful to you. You can also cut it with a metal-cutting chop saw, depending on how the kerf loss over your 'lotta bricks' impacts the project. Are you perchance building a kiln?
At a future time but the main attention in the now is prepping up for a 'longtimeintheplanning' Russian fireplace on what is presently the sideporch(after the tower is built of course snorK* )
live free or die
Interesting. I've always assumed they'd work better indoors. (I was awakened by telemarketers and i'm taking it out on the world.)
It'll be indoors by then.
no, not wooden doors either Roar!.........well, that's a thought :o)
At a future time but the main attention in the now is prepping up for a 'longtimeintheplanning' Russian fireplace on what is presently the sideporch
A few from the archive. A couple from BT and others from the web.
What are you planning on making it out of ? Tile, brick, stone?
jt8
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." --Voltaire
Yep, looks like someone else might be minded along those lines too, aye?
Been researching for a few years now and bought a few DIY plans. Seems sky's the limit on possibilities with this centuries old concept.
Already have the stash of brick necessary and am half tempted to pull out the stops and build a walk- in
so I'm guessing the final surface will be the brick but ya never know till the trigger's squeezed.
be stone is too cool
Edited 11/2/2007 1:35 pm ET by rez
Yep, looks like someone else might be minded along those lines too, aye?
Ma has an interest in masonry stoves. Don't know if she'll get around to having one built or not. Certainly not in her current house. I just dig up info for her. I think they're neat, but am not sure if I'd want one. Some of 'em take up a lot of floor space and would need a substantial foundation. Plus, while I realize a hot burning stove doesn't create creosote, I'd like to still be able to clean 'em out. And with some of the ones I've seen pics of I don't know how you'd go about that.
Otherwise, it is as you said, the sky is the limit. Pizza/bread ovens, warmed benches, etc, etc, etc.
Already have the stash of brick necessary and am half tempted to pull out the stops and build a walk- in
Sounds like the making of a serial killer. Don't know of any of them that used an oven to dispose of the bodies.
Brick you say? A few of the brick ones from the archive.
jt8
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." --Voltaire
Hey Thanks for those.
I hadn't ever seen one like this. Is it a walk in on the other side?
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You don't suppose this is the other side of that, do you? Some of the brick design looks the same. I'm kinda curious about that arch you see towards the left side in the one you embedded. IIRC, these two were online pics.
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"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." --Voltaire
The floor's herringbone pattern would make me lay odds that they are different but whaddaIknow.
The arch makes me think there would be multiple flues going up that chimney from a bread oven or something on the other side tho'.
The floor's herringbone pattern would make me lay odds that they are different but whaddaIknow.
I think you're right that they're different, but I couldn't say for sure. The angle of the shots makes it an outside chance that they're the same. In the 'stove' side shot, there is a step up, so in theory the upper floor area could be tile and lower area brick.... But then when I'm looking at the firebox side, the doorway to the right doesn't look like there's a step down there. Who knows (or cares).
So should i keep my eye open for a clearance on firebrick for ya?
jt8
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." --Dave Barry
Nope, got the brick covered but any variety of DIY plans are always welcome.
be the spice of life
Shooot, this Friday pick up a case of beer and a few big bags of mortar. After a couple beers to release your artistic inner self, just starting stacking those bricks up and mortaring away. You could be done with it by Monday!
jt8
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." --Dave Barry
John
Theres a place here in the Amanas that still makes bread/rolls/coffee cake with the old brick oven. Its been in continues use for around 130-140 years now.
The lady that runs it (her husband died a few years ago) only does it in the summer now and if you want any of her goods ya gotta get there by about 7:00 am or its all gone. Best damn cin. rolls I've ever had!
Doug
Edited 11/3/2007 8:39 am ET by DougU
Masonry blade in a circular saw. The brick was pretty soft, not nearly as hard as a building brick.
I had a hole cut for a back door and then the sills rebuilt. Leon the mason's setup made me cringe.
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jt8
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." --Voltaire
WTF?! Is that a Holehog? hahaha
Leon's not about to be slowed down by things like dust masks, either! LOL How did he hold the head of that grinder, since the handle's been removed?I watched an instructor pinch a spinning diamond blade on a stone-cutting (jewelry) saw between thumb and forefinger. I gasped, of course, but he was fine - the diamonds wouldn't cut skin. I'm not sure i'd want to see if the principle holds on a 9" blade, though.
Leon's not about to be slowed down by things like dust masks, either!
I loaned him a pair of safety glasses. Insured or not, I didn't want him to take a brick chip in the eye (his assistant had dropped something on his sunglasses, so he was going without any eye protection). He was coated in brick dust by the time he was done. Masons just ain't right in the head.
jt8
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." --Voltaire
That's my kinda man! Work hard, die young, leave me all his money...
2 months ago, I was using my oversized grinder with a 6" blade open like that on it - flattening out spots in the garage floor. Hit a twist of some sort and it flew up and bounced off my lower thigh. No tear to my pant leg, and a slight abrasion to the skin. But the bruise! Just going away now.
Yikes! At least I think I see some 'safety' glasses on his face.
Yikes! At least I think I see some 'safety' glasses on his face.
I loaned him a pair of mine.
jt8
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." --Voltaire