This shows the beauty of KZread. Not some 19 y.o. acting like they know everything, but a master craftsman without ego helping educate people. Really well done!!

@furhadnasserjah123

3 жыл бұрын

Be grateful those 19 year olds post vids so boomers like you have content to view

@carycase5563

3 жыл бұрын

He is just like my father Clarence Case from Phoenix, steady eddie.

@stephenharris2303

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Furhad, what would I do without videos on shuffle dancing

@NIGHTNOTLOC

2 жыл бұрын

Jeez what's wrong with 19 year olds

@johnfay6662

2 жыл бұрын

I started mason tending when I was 19.

I had a Rumford fireplace in my old home many years ago. Most cozy, functional heating I ever experienced in my lifetime, so far. The best of functional art of architecture and masonry.

It is truly something special to watch a master craftsman work so effortlessly. Pure amazement.

The first real bricklayer i've seen here. He knows how to put the closure in.

I built my first fireplace with the little experience i had and the help of these videos! Thanks for the free knowledge great sir!

Best brick fireplace video for good instruction.

This was one of the most helpful DIY fireplace videos I've seen. Thank you.

Really an excellent video. This fellow is clear and down to Earth in his explanation/instructions. One of the best "how to and why" videos I've seen on KZread. A big thumbs up.

Geeezzzz, this guy is good. I was going to build my own, but I might just call him and have him do it for me.

Very well done, it’s good to see someone take the time to go through some simple things that can make or break a project.

Single best video on all of KZread.

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍

One of a kind video on you tube. Great job! I'm working on double side double decker fireplace. Hoping to run into one flue. Thanks for the video!

Thank you Luke. Best video I have ever seen on building a fireplace. Helmut .

As another mason thumbing through videos for ideas an a project I’m doing this is the only one I’ve seen done correct with a fire wall. Good job!

@fishmonger6879

3 жыл бұрын

How long will those wall tiles last?

@fishmonger6879

3 жыл бұрын

Ties !

Thank you for this video! It has helped me greatly create my outdoor Fireplace

thanks for the video I would love to see more!!!

Amazing to watch this craftsman work.

Carpet! Nice idea. Like the j bolt too. I know you make it look easy but I gotta try it.

Master of your craft! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

the man is a true tradesman. I only have one thing to add because I'm a refractory specialist. you are supposed to use full joints on your fire brick. do not ever put just a bead on it. its totally different than regular brick. refrac needs full joints.

@countdooku7991

5 ай бұрын

Do you need refractory mortar for a firebox?

Thank you for sharing. Very informative.

Love it! Please keep bringing us more great quality content. You are a wonderful instructor. Well done!

As someone who wants to join the masonry profession, this fascinates me! Great job!

Amazing, you make it look so easy.

Perfect amigo

Masonry fireplace can be the best fireplace, and out last everyrhing else!. I still have and use my blue rubble rock, fire brick fireplace, I built 1977. I Never did nothing to it except clean it and tuckpointed the top. I built my flu liner with fire bricks, its never Cracked or decayed. T ile like flu liners do over time. Square tile Flue liners last decades too. You built yours to.specs, awesome job mate!!

Pro passing on his experience, skills, and knowledge.

Sir! You are a true craftsman! Please come to Texas and build my fireplace.

great work!

Very nice instructional video. A+

Well done 👏👏👏

the best how too video I've ever seen!!!!!!!

Handy man with the blade.

This guy is on it, everything from the hair to the tobacco, not to mention skill level. Thumbs up

Nice job dude,like the video,being a Mason I enjoy watching yr style.

Best Detailed Video ever,And with lots of unique features like sloped inner firebox firebrick,Your the best teacher that explains it so that one can understand,Your the flipping " " Brick 🧱 Whisper'r "

Excelente trabajo👍

Great job sir much respect

great video done with fines

Nice work Luke ... Using your video to build our fireplace in England

This is best one I have found on fireplace

Impressive video.i like how you have a relaxed style

Great job 👍 hello from Kentucky mountains USA 👍 liked and subscribed

Fascinating

thank you. im returning to masonry for full time work. i learned basics when i was in my 20's. built fire box last week and put my firebrick in water. the mortar dries up immediately i want to use your firebox pattern to build outdoor fireplaces. with your permission

9:10 - what a legend.

Ol boy knows the score..glad the markets high enuff we can make profit while describing what's going on on film to all those KZreadrs

Very nice :)

I really enjoyed your video! You're the real deal .I helped my grandpa build fireplaces but it has been 20 years,so I'm trying to refresh. I do remember him using a sponge to smooth out the flue liners and throat. also I was wondering if the two side posts work as the rebar? Otherwise rebar would run from the footing up the chimney, correct?

thnak you so much greetings from chile

very good job

This guy's GOOD!

I am a mason of over 27 years and this video is awesome, he did not show rebar in the interior portion of the chimney as is should be in every corner at least and continuous all the way up and also I did not hear anything about heat stop refractory mortar as it needs to be used on the fire box and flu all the way up. I would also use Cmu block instead of brick to build a chimney like this because it is faster ,less expensive and it getting covered with stone. I am not knocking his video , I am just saying that is this up to code in Oregon but he built a badass fireplace for sure!

@LivingLifeWright87

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I noticed that too, I guess we just over engineer stuff here in Oregon.

better to install an angle iron over the damper 1/2" minimum clear leaving a space for expansion of metal damper.Nice job in any case!

@sergiotorres9911

3 жыл бұрын

You can’t put the iron on top of the damper you have to put it in the front

Such a relief and a pleasure to see/hear a southern craftsman. I grew up in Texas where working with tools was the expectation; these days, most people I know have no practical skills.

Do you get much heat pass through the back wall of the fireplace. Only asking as I plan to build mine 4" from a wooden fence

Very nice work! I will be following your instructions to build my outdoor fireplace, where did you buy the damper from? And how much was it? I couldn't find any for sale online

I loved it make more videos

Great Video cant find another like it on KZread all of the other fireplaces video are outdoor home owner type that do not need to be inspected or comply with Chapter 10. The only thing lacking in your video is it jumps ahead to quickly and we miss the detail on the fire box construction. Can you tell me about the insulation you show I believe it is to rap the damper to space the bricks out I would like to know more as I am going to be building a very similar fire place and the more tips I have the better. Thanks again for posting the video!

Good morning. I’m looking for a job to learn this profession. Any ideas. Your work inspired me. Thanks for that

Beautiful masonry work. What kind of mud did you use on the bed.

Everything looks great but I noticed you didn’t parge the throat (smoke chamber)

On the firebox was you using regular mortar? We always used fireclay with no joints ,30 yrs laying brick, and we was solid between liner and masonry with mortar

can you please show me the steps to making the back wall of the fireplace that slant inward

I think im in love.

I have a question. Did he use a form for the back of the firebox to get that slope or did they stay in place like that??

Landscape lads! Landscape!

What's that mix you're using for your fire brick?

Got damn..this guy looks like one cool dude. I bet he can point out where a needle is somewhere in the grassland behind him

Are you using regular mortar for the fire brick or is that high heat refactoring cement?

Man I wish you were around me, I’d hire you! I am going to attempt this, wish there was a way to reach out!

This dude is majestic as fuck

I hope that my trowel technique get as good as yours.

Hey Luke, when looking down the flue wall at 13:11, i see a bed of mortar, what is that bed of mortar doing there? Is it placed on top of the damper? I totally missed this step

@T1mWe5t

2 жыл бұрын

I spotted that too but believe we're seeing behind the damper... go back to 8:05

Nice video right here 🧱👍🏻

Assuming I can DIY what is the approximate cost of material?

How long did this take you from start to finish?

You suppose to plaster inside until flue line ? Unless I miss it

With these videos I built my own. Never layed a brick in my life. Wish I k ew how to post a picture

Can you please tell me where Lee works out of? I'd like him to build something similar to this fireplace in Austin, TX.

@Breakthroughmasonry

7 жыл бұрын

thefifthrobot San Angelo texas

what would be an estimated price be to hire someone to do this? While, I want to learn to do this myself, I kinda want someone( which I don't have) to make sure I am doing the flew line and chimney itself so it vents properly.Im considering I might want to contract it out if i am in doubt

@95thebeatles95

7 жыл бұрын

For the one in the video the estimated price was somewhere from 4,000 to 6,000 dollars for labor, material, and all but the price could vary for a number of reasons.

@TheWritingGirl

7 жыл бұрын

***** thank you

@farrah1379

5 жыл бұрын

MischievousKittie how much

Now watcha wanna do is ... Watch this man closely and spend decades learning masonry and become a true craftsmen.

Hey Huckabee....no fireclay in your mud? Just curious....great job on the fireplace bro👍✌

I would like to contact you for a possible job, where do I got to get ur info?

its called corbelling. stepping in the brick.

This dude is the Larry Haun of masonry

''There is no material on a construction project that is handled and adjusted more than that of the lowly brick or stone.'' -former brick & stone mason.

Excellent work, one question thou do you need a damper for outside fireplace or is this a code?

Plaster the smoke chamber on the next one too since it's too late now on this one

@coltonnixon6660

5 жыл бұрын

That's how I was taught to

@charliegalanti8765

5 жыл бұрын

@@coltonnixon6660 well you were taught wrong! And use chamber tech 2000! Good luck

@coltonnixon6660

5 жыл бұрын

Where it corbels in the meat the flue?its wrong to stucco?ive only been in the game for 5 years and the 2 masons I've worked with do that. And we dont leave hollow areas in the wall neither always solid masonry.if that's what your refuting to as the chambers.

@charliegalanti8765

5 жыл бұрын

@@coltonnixon6660 Are you working in Haiti

@coltonnixon6660

5 жыл бұрын

No we just haven't had to do one like that. I asked my boss about it he said that he hasn't done one that way in a while.if they ask for it or plans call for it he will but we just haven't had to. Witch is fine I haven't heard of any chimneys having a problem.theres more then one way to do skin a cat but every mason I have ever met thinks his way is the only way to go so if u thank that that's the only way to build it I'm sorry but it's been done that way in around these parts in north Carolina for a while now and no problems.

Is it OK to lay brick next to the metal pole? Looks like it would move a little and crack the brick.

@brikkijim

6 жыл бұрын

It sure will crack. Metal expands and contracts.

@leehuckabee7146

3 жыл бұрын

This is Lee the Mason. And yes you are right it is not wise to have metal right there by the fire box guess it does expand this was the customers idea and was done already so had to be done with it there

Firebox height is not really high enough; I build mine around 36 in. high should be a minimum of 6 inches higher than the height you cross the inside opening. The smoke chamber must be parged in this area, or it would not pass inspection.

@metallicadaz2246

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo

Is this dude still alive? He needs to make more videos

Why don't you parge the smoke chamber to make it smoother?

@williecruz5748

6 жыл бұрын

PaddleDogC5 I was thinking the same thing I'm pretty sure you have to were I live but just all that restriction in all the corners of the brick.

@williecruz5748

6 жыл бұрын

I've never seen a pro strike refractory brick lol don't u want as little joint as possible? It looks nice but if I did that on a job I'd be called a boot. He also skips over important steps like doing the smoke chamber. He also doesn't parge the smoke chamber. I shoot castable to make it smooth

Great flick buttering the perps thats great on a fireplace hope the ownwer has his contents insurance payed up

Why not 4" block?

Why wouldnt you have used solid concrete blocks instead of bricks?

You ever heard of refractory firebox mortar dude? Your firebox work needs much improvement but someday maybe you'll get there

@michaelbreslin2403

5 жыл бұрын

Charlie Galanti - You are the greatest mason of all time. Everybody knows this.

@mar1video

5 жыл бұрын

michael breslin - with 3 subscribers and 0 videos - no doubt about that !

@charliegalanti8765

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbreslin2403 this work isn't even close to code, maybe in Haiti

@rynovisionrl

4 жыл бұрын

He is right. He should be using fire clay, but maybe he didn't mention it in the video

why did you cut out the part about "if it ever rains"

@95thebeatles95

7 жыл бұрын

For whatever reason, unfortunately, that part got cut off. He was explaining that if rain falls down the chimney it will fall into the water trough that he built in instead of falling through the damper into the firebox. The damper is also shaped in an angle that won't let water in. Making it near impossible for water to get through.

@ELLEON1959

7 жыл бұрын

Luke trying to do one of these myself on the outside unattached to the home. Is a damper important? I didn't think I'd need one being outside and all.

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