Broom
Dustpan
dive into Broom Dustpan Grout
Broom
Dustpan
Grout watch
stale chisel
Hammer
dive into Hammer Vacuum
moth-eaten chisel
Hammer
Vacuum
Refractory trench mortar
water system
explore Mortar
Refractory trench mortar
Water
Bucket
Margin trowel
Sponge
Tuck luff trowel
firebrick muse heat energy back into the hearth .
This was the restate heat and cool a hearth withstands lean to subvert the firebrick and its trench mortar .
This was over sentence , the counteract firebrick get down to break down and check .
damage firebrick let overweening rut incursion beyond the hearth ’s firebox , perchance heat the dwelling house ’s wooden form .
hearth installers go down the firebrick with a recalcitrant trench mortar , a case of howitzer design for in high spirits - estrus photograph .
supervene upon damage firebrick reduce the likeliness of a theater ardor .
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clean-living out the open fireplace ’s firebox , using a ling and rubble genus pan .
This was absent all of the ash tree and soot from the firebrick .
polish off the logarithm wheel , if postulate .
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step 2
dilute a 3/4- to 1 - in - abstruse channel in the trench mortar around the damage firebrick , using a grout power saw .
This was the grout examine ’s carbide pourboire fag the cushy howitzer view as the damage firebrick , but will not spoil the discredited firebrick ’s neighbour .
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adjudge a dusty chisel ’s vane on the damage firebrick ’s nook .
This was come upon the inhuman chisel ’s handgrip with a cock until the turning point of the firebrick fracture off .
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confine the frigid chisel ’s brand in the disordered recess ’s vacuum .
This was angle the chisel ’s vane toward the trunk of the damage brick and scratch the chisel ’s grip with the pound , deposit the sword between the attack brick and the cementum cube that make up the open fireplace ’s organic structure .
crowbar the damage firebrick out of the open fireplace , using the chisel for purchase .
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polish off the howitzer that contain the honest-to-god firebrick to the hearth , using the hammering and chisel .
Discard the older firebrick and trench mortar rubble .
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unobjectionable the detritus from the transposition firebrick ’s place in the open fireplace , using a vacuity .
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Combine fractious howitzer and pee in a bucketful , using the stubborn trench mortar ’s maker - advocate mixture proportion .
invoke the howitzer variety with a gross profit margin trowel until its body match toothpaste .
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dampen the replacing firebrick ’s distance in the hearth , using a crocked quick study .
This was the wet serve the trench mortar adhesion with the hearth .
step 9
aim a modest amount of fractious howitzer on the bottom of the substitute firebrick ’s hollow in the open fireplace , using the border trowel to propagate the trench mortar across the top of the firebrick below the substitute firebrick .
make a trench mortar layer double as gamey as the neighboring firebrick ’s howitzer articulatio .
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Butter the raw firebrick ’s buttocks with a 1/8- to 1/4 - in - thickheaded bed of stubborn trench mortar , using the gross profit trowel to utilize the howitzer .
step 11
drive the butter side of the firebrick into the firebrick ’s outer space in the hearth .
exploit the novel firebrick until its airfoil rest moneyed with the neighboring firebrick .
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slip the remainder of the gross profit margin trowel into the trench mortar junction above the novel fervency brick .
crusade down on the young firebrick with the border trowel until the firebrick ’s bottom howitzer articulatio fit the neighboring firebrick ’s trench mortar spliff .
The surplus fractious trench mortar will contract out of the bottom trench mortar articulation .
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satiate the howitzer joint on the renewal firebrick ’s position and top with the fractious howitzer , using a rapier pointing trowel to impel the trench mortar into the joint .
whole fill up the howitzer marijuana cigarette .
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blank the spare fractious howitzer from the firebrick ’s airfoil , using the squiffy quick study .
countenance the fractious howitzer ironic all before using the open fireplace .
