I would like to make fire bricks (do it yourself) myself. Using locally available materials.
2006-11-14 07:28:17 · 10 answers · asked by jkagubare 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
If you are looking to make insulating fire bricks you will need the following:
high alumina clay (it usually looks white or greyish white)
a little bit of water (like 10% tops of your total weight of clay)
A heck of a mixer to get the water dispersed in the clay
a heck of a press to get it to form and stick together
a kiln capable of reaching (and sustaining) 2100F for a few hours.
Is your locally available clay high in kaolin/alumina? Or is it your run-of-the-mill red mud? Red bricks are fire proof, but they have a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than kaolin or alumina bricks. Thus, when temp goes up they may jam against each other and crack, spall, or split.
So can you do it? Sure. Probably you may want to add more than the 10% needed for dry-pressing them, so that you can get a more plastic mix for forming. Be sure to keep the edges square, adn make all of your bricks in the same mold with the same moisture content and fire them with the same kiln program with the kiln loaded approximately the same, so that you get consistent properties from your brick.
2006-11-14 09:30:55 · answer #1 · answered by anon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 05:45:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Is it possible to make fire bricks (DIY)?
I would like to make fire bricks (do it yourself) myself. Using locally available materials.
2015-08-18 21:28:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-09 01:04:32 · answer #5 · answered by tom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a mason contractor, I built a lot of fire places, fire brick are cheap, maybe 1.50 a piece. you might need 60 or 90 for a fire place. You have to have a solid 8 inches of mansary its easier and faster to just buy them, and maybe safer. spend the 100.00 and buy them please.
2006-11-14 12:41:37 · answer #6 · answered by mike67333 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what do you mean by fire-bricks? 3 different thingd come to mind.
2006-11-14 07:40:39 · answer #7 · answered by Prince of Persia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can get a machine that makes bricks out of old newspapers
2006-11-14 07:30:22 · answer #8 · answered by Andy K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes a great deal of steady concentrated heat and careful watching of the color to get them right. Too hot and they turn to glass, too cool and they break.
Your best bet is to buy them. Better quality and a great deal less expensive.
2006-11-14 07:34:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-14 12:10:01 · answer #10 · answered by Bob G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋