Hello! We are trying to set up an old tiled stove that is round.
Do you have any tips on how to do it? How do you measure so that the arch is correct from the start?
We are building it to have as a decorative element only, so no smoke channels need to be built.
What is the easiest way to build a "support" inside the tiled stove?
Grateful for serious tips (We know it is a difficult task to solve ourselves)
Do you have any tips on how to do it? How do you measure so that the arch is correct from the start?
We are building it to have as a decorative element only, so no smoke channels need to be built.
What is the easiest way to build a "support" inside the tiled stove?
Grateful for serious tips (We know it is a difficult task to solve ourselves)
Build it as usual with clay mortar, which is a mixture of 1 part clay and 3-4 parts masonry sand, so you can dismantle it in the future without having to demolish it with a sledgehammer. If you build it with cement mortar, it will be ruined.
Then you can "cheat" with support on the inside and, instead of expensive bricks, use cheap lecablock. They can also be cut with a reciprocating saw blade to the desired shape, including round shapes. That is, you avoid having to chisel bricks (not difficult).
Then you can "cheat" with support on the inside and, instead of expensive bricks, use cheap lecablock. They can also be cut with a reciprocating saw blade to the desired shape, including round shapes. That is, you avoid having to chisel bricks (not difficult).
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Excuse me, but...what?? You've purchased tiles from a dismantled tiled stove and now you want to construct this as a tiled stove by the chimney - but build it solid without a firebox and flues so that it cannot be used for heating? It's just supposed to stand there and look nice?
If I may offer a serious suggestion, leave the tiled stove in its boxes until you've reconsidered. I'm quite sure that a completely unusable tiled stove is likely to decrease the value if you ever want to sell.
If you want a nice but unusable fireplace by your chimney, buy a beautiful old cast iron stove at a flea market, have it sandblasted and blackened. Then run a pipe from the stove into the chimney somewhere. Done! Removing an unwanted stove isn't particularly hard, but dismantling a tiled stove is much worse.
If I may offer a serious suggestion, leave the tiled stove in its boxes until you've reconsidered. I'm quite sure that a completely unusable tiled stove is likely to decrease the value if you ever want to sell.
If you want a nice but unusable fireplace by your chimney, buy a beautiful old cast iron stove at a flea market, have it sandblasted and blackened. Then run a pipe from the stove into the chimney somewhere. Done! Removing an unwanted stove isn't particularly hard, but dismantling a tiled stove is much worse.
It's probably just mentally exhausting to demolish a kakelugn. It can be done in a day, but it comes with a really tedious cleaning afterward.