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05-01-2009, 04:10 PM
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 To mortar or not to mortar? I am sure this is a silly question, but I don't know if I should mortar the soldier course bricks to the insulation layer or not? Is it better to let them have the ablitiy to expand and move accross the insulation layer?   |
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05-01-2009, 05:06 PM
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| Re: To mortar or not to mortar? Rodney, I'm at the same point. here's a previous post with some discussion on the topic http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/d...loor-6615.html (dome built on top of or around oven floor?) cheers, scott |
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05-01-2009, 05:16 PM
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| Re: To mortar or not to mortar? Are the soldier bricks not sitting on the hearth layer ? |
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05-01-2009, 08:56 PM
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| Re: To mortar or not to mortar? I have a 4 inch slab and on top of that I have fifty, 65cm insulation bricks surrounded by concrete. The soldier bricks sit on the insulation bricks and the fire tile floor sits in the centre of the soldiers. The soldiers are mortared to each other but should they be mortared to the insulation bricks? |
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05-01-2009, 09:16 PM
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| Re: To mortar or not to mortar? Quote:
Best Dutch
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#6
05-01-2009, 10:01 PM
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| Re: To mortar or not to mortar? That good to know,Thanks. Could I use aluminium foil under the soldiers to stop them sticking? |
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#7
05-02-2009, 09:49 AM
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| Re: To mortar or not to mortar? You could use foil, but the paper will burn away when you fire it up, so I'd use that. It was only newspaper strips I used.
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#8
05-02-2009, 04:23 PM
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| Re: To mortar or not to mortar? "Could I use aluminium foil under the soldiers to stop them sticking?" That should work. Many have used the aluminum foil between the dome bricks and the insulating layer. |
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#9
05-02-2009, 04:30 PM
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 Re: To mortar or not to mortar? You guys are invaluable to new builders! I am cutting my floor tiles today so I will post some pics when I'm done. |
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#10
05-02-2009, 05:52 PM
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| Re: To mortar or not to mortar? My vote is for paper...portland cement and aluminum foil don't play very well together...I don't know if there is a funny byproduct Best Dutch Quote:
__________________ "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. " Charles Mingus "Build at least two brick ovens...one to make all the mistakes on and the other to be just like you dreamed of!" Dutch |
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