Hire a mason.

Stay out of his way.

:clap::clap::clap:

 

I like open fire pits. We have a place for fires about 20' from the river in our back yard, so we sometimes have a fire while we fish.

 

Ya might need to be a bit more descriptive or the natives here will get restless.

 

Ya might need to be a bit more descriptive or the natives here will get restless.

Lol. Well said.

 

Using a rock or tile that will not explode when heated would be a good start.

I would be using a large stone and like mentioned hiring a Mason and then staying out of his way. Other wise you might end up dressing all the stones for him!


JW

 

I'm assuming he's tiling around an existing fireplace. Perhaps we should wait before we start flaming the guy.

Of course, if this happens to be a complete fireplace build from scratch, a collective forum slap to the back of the head might be in order. :shifty:

 

Col Angus,
I was serious--we do have a fire pit that's about 20' from the river. Fishing now sucks though.

 

Col Angus,
I was serious--we do have a fire pit that's about 20' from the river. Fishing now sucks though.

That's ok... As long as you don't live in a van down there :laughing:

 

That's ok... As long as you don't live in a van down there

I did, but it burned up, so I decided it was time to make my fireplace outdoors.

 

That's funny...

 

Found out a bit more today. They want to use a 24 x 24 tile over cbu. I think it's going to a) be ugly as hell and b) crack with the first fire. I'm presuming that the tiles will be a porcelain, but I'm not sure. Some of the tile will extrude into the firebox and I doubt these tiles are rated for that use. To be honest, I'm going to try to avoid this job, I foresee nothing but problems with it.

 

I do not know much about fire pit, but if they want to built Pompeii Oven I have quite a bit of interest...always want to built one..

 

Yeah, I'd not know enough about building one to not turn it over to a mason.

Astor, those look cool. I've always liked the SW style of ovens. I could figure out how to build one of those, but only for me as a stand alone item....in the yard, away from everything.

 

Here is the free instructions how to built one...I have planned one for my next (final one) home....
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The Pompeii Oven is a set of free, downloadable plans that describe how to build a traditional Italian brick pizza oven. The oven is constructed using firebricks, high temp mortar, insulation, along with other materials easily found at building supply stores (Home Depot, Lowe's, B&Q, etc.). It's a great oven, and a great project.