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Building a Fireplace, Need Advice

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  1. Aug 20, 2011 at 4:36 PM
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    OZ-T I hate my neighbour

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    OP , is there a smoke chamber at the chimney throat or is the firebox ceiling flat ?
     
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  2. Aug 20, 2011 at 4:45 PM
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    AeroCooper [OP] Half the strength of ten (microscopic men)

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    ^^ There is a smoke chamber.
     
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  3. Aug 20, 2011 at 4:54 PM
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    Excellent :thumbsup:

    Looking good
     
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  4. Aug 21, 2011 at 2:25 PM
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    Today I did a little more work on the arch, got the keystone put in and one side of the arch started.
    Also completed the mantle, got the rocks laid out on the top, and mortared in the ones on the right side of the top. The ones on the left are in place waiting to be mortared in. A freak thunderstorm popped up just as I finished the top right side.
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  5. Aug 27, 2011 at 9:35 AM
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    Last update before Hurricane Irene. Getting ready for the storm, I got the top of the bottom section all sealed up, finished off the top of the chimney, and water-tight sealed the gap between the chimney block and the chimney flue. I took the black cap off after I took this picture because I don't want it becoming a projectile. Water can only now go directly into the firebox where it will then run back out the front, so no damage will be done hopefully.
    Oh, and I also completed the arch this morning.
    Stay safe everyone!

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  6. Aug 27, 2011 at 10:25 AM
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    Sweet, man this is very nice.
     
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  7. Aug 28, 2011 at 8:46 AM
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    The fireplace is now officially a waterplace. The water seems to have reached a peak, so that's something. The brook is normally around 7 feet wide, and the fireplace was about 10 feet from it. It's now sitting in roughly 8" of water. Of course I built it further away than the brook has ever risen, but nobody expected this. The brook has never been this high, ever that we know of.
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  8. Aug 28, 2011 at 8:50 AM
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  9. Aug 28, 2011 at 8:53 AM
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  10. Aug 28, 2011 at 9:02 AM
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    Fireplace is gorgeous... hope it survives unscathed
     
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    Looks nice!!
     
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  12. Aug 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM
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    Thanks...the water has gone up another inch or so, but as long as the ground doesn't erode away too much it should be fine.
     
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  13. Aug 28, 2011 at 9:56 AM
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    You are building one nice fireplace. I had to hide this thread when the wife came in the room. I already have enough projects.
     
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  14. Aug 28, 2011 at 12:35 PM
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    Keep ME(us) posted on that, im very interested in making one myself. something where i can cook on top and just to have a fire going, mahalo!
     
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  15. Aug 28, 2011 at 12:37 PM
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    Holy shit, sorry i didnt see the updated pics looks awesome and you must of built it F@#Kin strong to survive the flood! how long it take to build?
     
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  16. Aug 28, 2011 at 1:41 PM
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    It's been 7 weeks since we poured the concrete slab it sits on.

    Meanwhile...the water made it up into the firebox at one point, but although the brook is still a raging river, the waters have retreated back into it's banks. The lower lawn is covered with river silt, but the fireplace survived with no damage!
    I'm going to have to fill in around the slab on the backside where the ground washed out, and clean the crap out of the firebox, but that's it.

    Oh, and in the background you can see a huge tree spanning the brook. It washed down from upstream somewhere and got lodged right before the fireplace area.

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  17. Aug 28, 2011 at 2:03 PM
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    :woot: for it to still be standing and no damage
     
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    x2 on that one, I GOT A NEW PROJECT YO DO!!!
     
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  19. Aug 28, 2011 at 3:14 PM
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    nice work,and it'll stand up to a hurricane:)
     
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    very nice! luckily the tree floating downstream missed it.
     
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