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Some pics from whats going on this site. The house is a farm house replica. Its perfect.



The other side of the house





We had 5500 Old Virgina bricks trucked up here in early December. All the cubes are a frozen mess of coarse right....



We build pyramids as we go and blast them with the heater. They will dry out in an hour. This one is about half the size of what it was.



This wall will actually be inside of a closet.





Couple fireplaces back to back off set.

 
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#43 ·
RED ON RED..."OMG'' after all we been thru :blink:...lol

I always liked the red brick....I have 20 years on mine, love the spalled look too. Somehow I knew you'd get a request to do'm geesh that line would've kicked ass.

Ok I had this ready 4ya....this is me and a mason doing similar but Orton Rumford Fashion...25 years ago.:whistling No Lines on this. I think? We had the beast heater going just out of site on the right....I swear it!..lol

Yea I know,.. dont say it.:laughing:
 

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I have a load of the metal pans but I started the handy man pan on large commercial jobs....no one steals them! When they wear I put one inside the other with a sheet of poly between...Nice on chimney rebuilds too.
J, how many time were you fooled into thinking they were full as they sat unsuported by ply on a milk box!...the trowel tip hitting the bottom ..''a masons version of diving into a empty swimming pool!'' lol
 
#54 ·
Cmon Sean we used to slide down the hill with the pans!,,,lol

We use plywood boards too...in fact I love the boards but they do take up a bit more room in tight areas. one plus the pans have is alot of times the labs will take the smaller pans down place it at their feet and give it hell with the hoe...big difference in hot weather compared to boards.


For those rubberized pans, are they like the thick black acid wash pails? i.e. same shape as the conventional metal ones?
 
#50 ·
Nope seem fine so far in the winter, wonder if the heat in the summer will dry the mud out quickly with the pan being black an all, always used boards Dom seen these in princess auto and thought they would make good mortar boards/pans. So far so good, keeps the mortar in one place nice and clean.
 
#55 ·
finished up the second floor today, crammed a 13x18, a 13x13 and an 8x12 into this.



Ill straighten out the hearth while the copper guy does the pan flashing. This fireplace is just a gas log




The back and side will be exposed. Unjointed . I tried to just slap it together, even filled the back and side in from time to time without a line, just couldnt get the crooked brick look I was looking for without risking a hump in the wall. No way im banging solid bricks around with a hump in the line.

 
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re;JB, those 52DD's? and portland in the firebox. Inspectors would chop our dingys off for that. I do however like the look and am quite familiar with the consequences.

I make 12'' when I do the red brick but they dont bother me here in ct.All you would have to do is back up with firebrick if they complain.

Actually it's the small rumfords that really get hot and blister. Here's two picks done with the 52dd brick. One is a large cookin type that the owner wanted copied from her friend that I did too. They burned alot and would place a sheet metal curtain in front of it when they went to sleep.It has no damage ie the logs hardly come in contact with the sides and air cools where there's no fire.
The other is my son's 36'' Orton variation which really heats and is showing some firebox stress in 3 years. It uses a 42'' cut flange vestal ie 20'' deep box / 6'' rear wall lean on 50''.

J looks good.....gotta get you to do a orton variation yet!
 

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J is the box at the left a fireplace.....

I have great news about my throat tests.

I've been mulling over tying one more imrovement to make my throat more epa friendly.

Well two nights ago I did the test starting at 4pm to 10 am in still rain and 30 degree weather which turned foggy.
The wood is near green an very damp because it's all I have left so I started a coal base with 2 by 4's etc. Long story short is I leap frogged the 1:30 to a insane 1:51 throat ratio!!! No smoke

This is now 2.5 times smaller than a 1:20 and 3.5 times less than a same sized Orton and off the charts compared to a 48'' BIA box!

I emailed Jim Buckley and he was very receptive but doesnt understand what I've done mainly because I never told him.

I now need to go thru the tests in my 36'' office orton and the one in the basement to see if the ratio decreases but I have much excess!

Boy if had gone ahead with the patent this would of been someone else's......ThankYou Robert Hellman

ps he doesnt know yet!
 
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