Bricks and more bricks...

[Lloyd_E]

This is a test fire for the new outdoor fireplace. Just completed today - 300+ bricks. There will be a fire box with built-in adjustable grill to the left - need to get more bricks. The bricks are recycled from a 125-150 year old building. They are hand made and wood fired based on the colour, texture, irregular shape and size. I have access to 4-6000+ bricks. Most are in decent shape. 75% are clean and the ones that are not I clean with an air-chisel. Takes about 20-30 seconds per brick.

The other project, which is almost completed (thanks to czechsonofagun for his support and direction and build) is an outdoor bake oven. I will post pics once completed. The fireplace is a Rumsford design - circa 1750's. Height is around 7' tall with a clay liner.

A deck will be added in front to allow chairs to be placed for relaxing/viewing.

lloyd

 

[Scooby074]

Very nice!

I hope you werent out laying bricks in todays heat! It was too **** hot for that! It was 37 with the humidex here today

 

[Lloyd_E]

Yup... started around 9 this morning and ended at 2pm.ish. Let it cure for a bit and fired it up about an hour ago... just to see and impress the wife! This is one of three projects to finish and she said that's it! No more! You can do all the maintenance you want to the house, buildings and land! No more waking up with an idea!!! I think I will rent and park a bunch of gear just to see the reaction... well maybe not!

 

[DT86]

That looks great!

 

[Scooby074]

Wow.. no way Id tackle that today.. Im lucky I could choke down a couple beers in this heat

 

[creekbend]

Looks Super Great.

 

[Egon]

Real nice!:thumbsup:

 

[Egon]

Real nice!:thumbsup:

Put a bit of a shed around it and your all set for Doghouse Days!

 

[forgeblast]

Awesome work!!!

 

[EddieWalker]

Looks very inviting!!!!

Eddie

 

[s219]

Great job!

 

[lilranch2001]

I am not quite sure you should have fired it before the mortar had chemically cured.
Driving out the moisture that quickly may have compromised the strength of the bond

 

[jinman]

Wow.. no way Id tackle that today.. Im lucky I could choke down a couple beers in this heat

What a guy, Scoob. Always willin' to take a couple of beers for the team, eh?:laughing:

LLoyd, that fireplace looks especially nice with the lantern on the high mantel. Are you gonna line the entire firebox with firebrick? I see you have them on the bottom, but it looks like you'll just leave the structural brick on the sides and back.

 

[polo1665]

Looks great. A project like that will give you a new appreciation for the masonry profession.

Can't wait to see your bake oven. I'm baking in mine today, you'll love it.

 

[Scooby074]

What a guy, Scoob. Always willin' to take a couple of beers for the team, eh?:laughing:

Yeah, Im an *** like that

A new micro brewery just opened up in my area.. They make a great Red beer that you can get in a 64oz bottle for $10, or so Ive been told

 

[Lloyd_E]

Thanks All.

I know I shouldn't have fired it up but I was too **** excited to do so - especially in 90 degree heat!
Scooby - good to have you as a team member - pass me that beer! Is it down L'pool way?
Jin I will be lining the inside with fire brick.
Egon... have several of those - one with a wood-stove... the other has a fridge and the other a forge...

Polo... my uncle was an old school master mason. I thought of him every time I placed a brick. Should have started this 5 years ago...
He would have had it completed in a morning, plum, square, straight and move beautiful in design. And the beer would have been cold consumed and him wondering why it was taking me so long to clean the tools!!!

lloyd

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Very nice work. That is in my project book "of to do list".

 

[Scooby074]

Scooby - good to have you as a team member - pass me that beer! Is it down L'pool way?

lloyd

Glad to be on the team! Ill provide the beer, if you'll provide the labour

Nope, not in Liverpool, but Ive had those guys beer before, its not bad. That one is **** Bay Brewing. **** Bay Brewing Co. | A Craft Brewery Making High Quality Beer!

This one is in Pictou County. Uncle Leo's Brewing. Uncle Leo's Fine Ale

Edit: now that's funny, apparently you can't use the word H ell as in Hel Bay, even if its an actual place! lol. http://goo.gl/maps/3q1YW

 

[Lloyd_E]

I like labour... and find the back of my pick-up comfortable to sleep in on occasions. And no it is not a dog-house! ... yet!

 

[Tollster]

Very Nice! Love the old tavern style and feel, well done!