Hello all pyro friends,
I am posting this to let you know about my "designer" fireplace to masonry hybrid conversion, which is about 80% complete, with the cold season about a month away.
I hope I can get this finished by next weekend.
Basically, I took apart a stainless steel/ceramic glass 60 cm cube, and added a serious amount of firebrick to it, keeping the big glass front door and the metal structure intact.
The top of firebox has a built-in baffle made from firebrick and steel angle, and the rear side will still have 1/3 of glass for double sided view.
As soon as I finish it, I will post additional photos of the inside and maybe a movie of the first full burn (3-4 curing fires are in order first..).
It will feature enlarged primary air openings (it required an open door ignition for a few seconds) and secondary air steel tubes for testing purpose - note the cuts on the stainless steel front plate - this is not how it will look in the end...
Here are the pictures...
Last year's burning method with some firebricks inside (yes it's a top-down burn...):
Fitting the bricks after removing side and rear glasses:
The rear side will have only 1/3 of the glass:
The rear side is now almost finished:
I expect to more than double the amount of heat we'll get from this fireplace this winter.
The firebrick will be covered in tile in the future, but I want to watch it for cracks during its first season.
Regards, Daniel from Portugal.
I am posting this to let you know about my "designer" fireplace to masonry hybrid conversion, which is about 80% complete, with the cold season about a month away.
I hope I can get this finished by next weekend.
Basically, I took apart a stainless steel/ceramic glass 60 cm cube, and added a serious amount of firebrick to it, keeping the big glass front door and the metal structure intact.
The top of firebox has a built-in baffle made from firebrick and steel angle, and the rear side will still have 1/3 of glass for double sided view.
As soon as I finish it, I will post additional photos of the inside and maybe a movie of the first full burn (3-4 curing fires are in order first..).
It will feature enlarged primary air openings (it required an open door ignition for a few seconds) and secondary air steel tubes for testing purpose - note the cuts on the stainless steel front plate - this is not how it will look in the end...
Here are the pictures...
Last year's burning method with some firebricks inside (yes it's a top-down burn...):
Fitting the bricks after removing side and rear glasses:
The rear side will have only 1/3 of the glass:
The rear side is now almost finished:
I expect to more than double the amount of heat we'll get from this fireplace this winter.
The firebrick will be covered in tile in the future, but I want to watch it for cracks during its first season.
Regards, Daniel from Portugal.