Can any solid clay brick be used? Cheers James. Real men cook with fire My Oven and Fireplace Build. Tags: None. Re: Bricks suitable for fireplace Common bricks will crack and spall in direct contact with flame. This is less a problem with fireplaces than with pizza ovens, where brick shards will end up in your pizza toppings, so it just depends on your tolerance for the look of cracked and chipped brick in your outdoor fireplace.
Here's a quote from rumford. My geodesic oven project: part 1 , part 2. Comment Post Cancel. Re: Bricks suitable for fireplace So are there suitable alternatives? I was told that i could use terracotta? Re: Bricks suitable for fireplace Back before they had firebrick, and there was no alternative to red brick fireboxes, they often used cast iron firebacks : This prevented the masonry from being damaged by thermal shock, or at least hid the damage if it happened.
In the US, firebrick fireplaces are still pretty standard, and that's why firebrick is inexpensive to source locally in a lot of places. Re: Bricks suitable for fireplace I had a look around at different types of firebricks and was wondeing what types of firebricks are suitable for fireplaces?
Re: Bricks suitable for fireplace Did you read the firebrick primer? First, like any project, you will need to measure your space. This is something for every single project I recommend you take multiple measurements. First, since we had a bump out on our wall specifically for the fireplace, we were able to tile directly onto the drywall. However, we did have to create a hearth. Making the hearth out of lumber and adding the Backerboard on top of it allowed us to add the brick directly to it.
This part of the project took about two days to complete and one injury later. AJ actually cut his hand pretty good when cutting the Backerboard, so from our mistake, make sure you were some good construction gloves when using a knife and cutting this stuff. Once we got to this point, we actually had to wait quite awhile before we could do anything else. In the meantime AJ got the trim, doors, and flooring done while the painter painted the whole place. At this point, we were working on tiling everywhere that needed to be tiled, including the fireplace using thin brick is very similar to tiling.
Due to the electricians being quite messy when they install lights, we wanted to wait to install our LVT flooring on the main floor and they come in once tile is complete. So you will see that we completed most of the fireplace but left the bottom of the hearth to complete until the floor was installed.
The beauty of using thin brick is we went for the thick grout line look, and this allowed us to not have to be so precise on where we laid the bricks. We still wanted straight lines, but doing this thickness allowed for a little more error. Now this is the fun part, seriously. We used some of the same materials we used for the mortar, but instead just had the grout mixture. Now I want to say that there are many different methods to grouting a fireplace and on what people do for the German Schmear effect, but this is what method we chose to do.
We kept doing this process until we had the whole fireplace grouted. We did this with the fireplace so the red tones would really warm up the room. As you can see there are a lot of white walls, so we wanted some contrast. And there you have it! One completed fireplace that we did all on our own. Over centuries of tweaking and testing, fireplaces have become more or less standardized in their dimensions and general shape, in order to provide efficient heating and smoke draw.
Getting creative with firebrick is one of the easiest ways to make your fireplace your own. And with a variety of patterns, thicknesses, and colors, there are boundless possibilities to personalizing your fireplace using firebrick. Unlike regular brick, which is normally made of clay, firebrick is made of refractory ceramic materials. Follow the 8 steps below to lay a firebrick lining that is both beautiful and functional.
Lining the firebox with firebrick is much easier if you take some time to plan ahead, as there are several factors to consider.
The first factor to consider is what thickness firebrick you want to use. Firebrick used must comply with ASTM standards C and C27 and should meet or exceed the requirements of local, national and international building codes regarding fireplace and chimney construction.
The second factor is color. Because of the chemical composition of the firebrick, it is naturally a white or buff color. However, stains can be mixed into the brick during the manufacturing process, giving it colored tints.
The last and most fun factor to consider is pattern. Popular firebrick patterns include running bond, stacked bond, full herringbone, split herringbone, and basket weave.
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