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[asudavew]

A few more pictures. I thought they posted last night, but my internet was on the fritz.
So I guess they didn't make it.
The first is one is a picture of one of my sons, Logan. Checking to see if it was hard.

Next, the removal of the forms.

Then a shot of the finished floor.

And finally a closeup.

I get to start the dome this weekend, I think it's becoming even more exciting.


Oh, if anyone is in the area I have a nice floor form you can have.

[rlf5]

Looks good. Your layer of mortar doesn't look to be very thick, so I don't think it will effect your heat up time much. Plus the flat surface is better to work with compared to the bumpy percrete.

[asudavew]

Well I made some progress this weekend.

I got the floor cut and the soldier course laid.

The masonry blade in my chop saw worked OK, but I sure couldn't cut decent angles. So alas, I will suffer through large joints and a not so tight of a fit. There is no way I could taper with this setup.

Too bad for me. I had such high hopes after watching Ken's and Les's wonderful work.

I did manage to cut the roundish floor bricks with the blade though and it did ok.

I found it worked better with dry bricks vs. wet ones,but of course the work was dustier.

Anyway.. The weekend was a little disappointing. But I was ok after getting a few soldiers laid around the floor.

I have a few pics as usual.

Hope everyone enjoys them.

These first shots of the precut floor and the after cut floor.

[asudavew]

A few more of the cut floor. The really rough spots were created with the wet bricks. Dry was much better for me.

Then a picture of my helper and the practice soldier run.

[rlf5]

Nothing to get upset about...looks great to me. Remember, nobody will see the outside, and very few will see the inside, when you're all done. As long as its structurally sound, then you're in buisness!

[asudavew]

The first, sand used for leveling and setting the floor.

Then the mortaring of the soldier course. I went ahead and clad the outside.(nothing to show off)

But I took a picture of the inside and top for views of the mortar joints.


By the way, I am a hellofalot better at carpentry than masonry. YIKES it's tough.

[asudavew]

Laying out the dome arch form on cardboard.

Notice the gloves.

Smart. Very Smart.

[asudavew]

Originally Posted by rlf5

Nothing to get upset about...looks great to me. Remember, nobody will see the outside, and very few will see the inside, when you're all done. As long as its structurally sound, then you're in buisness!

I appreciate it.

It's a blast I must say!

[asudavew]

And a few more of the completed soldier course.

[Ken524]

OUTSTANDING Start! The soldier course looks great. I went to the trouble of tapering my soldiers. What a pain! I would do it your way next time.

Man-oh-man, does that vermiculite/mortar layer look good. I'm totally jealous of that set up. It's been humid here for a few days. The west side of my insulation board got wet from my arch construction. It's taken several days now for it to finally start to dry and firm back up (it only gets a couple of hours direct sunshine in the afternoons).

Now that you have played with it for a few days, how is that homemade mortar working out??

Keep up the great work!