I have a small log cabin that was made by hand and I am trying to find out where I can get instructions, books, or websites that explain how to build a fireplace with chimney out of cement mixture and river rocks.
Thankyou!
the weight may be too much for the support,
i bought a wood stove, w/ lined flue, and a roof pass. and used fake rock to make a fire place look
less weight, stove weighs 300 lb
in my cabin
I know we are going to have to put some cement board on the brick before we put any tile up, but my biggest worry is the hearth which has a large slab of cement(?) with a somewhat irregular edge, sitting on brick.
Are you sure that’s cement? It may be limestone, which is often used as an accent for brick. A common design element is to have a "keystone" of limestone in the center of the brick or stone above the hearth. If you’re looking for tile, check out types of ceramic tile, which holds up well to heat. It’s not very expensive, and it comes in several different shades.
My house has a brick wood burning five place. Inside the fireplace, built into its right hand-side wall, there’s a little metal drawer (iron, probably). The drawer’s face is about 2×4" and it is 4" deep approximately and is about 6" from the floor of the fireplace.
Anyone has any idea what that’s for? I searched the internet without finding any info on it.
it’s a hideyhole for gold…..where it is says that when a fire was going, no one would see it due to the stack of logs and ash…. your house’s builder put it there for his ‘bank’…..