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Discuss Material Choices and Limitations

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Fireplace Rebuild pt2

What happens here

During a meal break, the host explains why they chose artificial rock over real stone. He describes the arduous process of installing real stone: wire meshing, buttering the mesh, buttering each stone, sticking it in place, holding it until it adheres, grouting, and then cleaning up spillage. He points out that artificial rock simplifies this significantly. He also notes a drawback of artificial rock: it's not fireproof. The material will melt, so it cannot be used directly over the firebox, requiring a non-combustible material in that specific area.

Goal: Understand the pros and cons of artificial rock vs. real stone for fireplace renovation.

Tools and materials

  • Grout

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[Applause] to install the sheets we simply use the two and a half inch screws with the t20 head that's color-coded as close to the rock as we can get but we're gonna also seal over the top of that to make sure that it blends in perfectly we only pop in enough screws to hold it in place while we attempt to wrap it around the shape of the fireplace to get the sheet to conform means we've got to cut it to wrap it so our lunch is here do you want me to deliver it to you Frankie so Alex just asked a really good question why we were going with the fake stones over the stuff that we had on there well the stuff we had on there looks like real stone but it's not it's actually made out of concrete but it still is a law it's a long tedious process to install so when we endure it when we installed the original stuff what we had to do was we had to wire mesh the whole thing then we had to butter the mesh then we had to butter the stone and we had to start from the bottom work our way up so every time we would bugger stone we have to crawl up the ladder stick the new stone in place then you got to hold it there and you gotta wiggle it till it adheres then when you're done with that you've

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