Scanning a recent issue of the “Old House” magazine, they were featuring a house by architect Jonathan Eck, built in Atlanta, that had a couple things I might be interested in. Fiber cement siding shingles, that go up one at a time like cedar shingles do, not in “plank” panels. Also, some sort of kitted parts set for doing a real masonry Rumford fireplace. Lightweight refractory panels for sides, back, throat, etc. Looks like a labor saver. Anyone know the sources?
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James Hardie Corp makes the shingles. Check the wes site...they come in about three different widths so you can create a random pattern.
Try this for the fireplace components
http://www.rumford.com/
Doug
There are several "Old House" magazines. Look in the back they usually have a Resources or Where To Find it section that list the materials used in the articles.
I believe that Certainteed also makes the individual FC shingles, but not sure.