Fireback Rebuild

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KLook
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Post by KLook » Sat. Oct. 19, 2013 3:33 pm

]Awhile back I asked about making a new fireback in a fireplace insert. I looked at many options including getting the castable refractory. In the end, I got two 6 pack boxes of firebrick splits and used furnace cement to stabilize the fractured back and then build a new wall in the front.
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UP and running but sucks compared to coal.

Kevin

 
KLook
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Post by KLook » Sat. Oct. 19, 2013 3:35 pm

Oops! put a pic of the grandchildren in there! Hope I got it edited. :oops:

Kevin


 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Mon. Oct. 21, 2013 9:55 pm

Stiff neck lookin at those shots... ;)

 
KLook
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Post by KLook » Mon. Oct. 21, 2013 10:01 pm

Stiff neck lookin at those shots... ;)
Yeah, sorry about that. :oops: I did not import them into my computer where I could have spun them. Never seem to to get them right with the phone.

Kevin

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