Building a DIY Wood Stove Hearth - Farmhouse Adventures - Wood Stove Install Part 3

This is my DIY inset wood stove hearth project. I have two layers of 3/4 inch flooring, so I removed the top layer and laid 1/4 inch cement board and 1/2 inch real brick veneer. Using thin set mortar and grout, I inset the brick to make it level with the existing floor. My particular wood stove only requires ember protection, so 3/4 is more than sufficient. Check with your wood stove manufacturer and local building codes for your specific requirements. This video vlog is only intended for entertainment purposes.
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[@watershedoverlook]

Great job Ed. Love the way you calmly persevered. I would have been consumed with panic, anger and frustration about a minute into the grouting phase. (The language would NOT have been KZbin appropriate!) Love how you hung in there and brought it home, and with great results. Also, your finished product sold me on option #2! Looking forward to seeing the finished product! Well done. 👍👍

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you, Chris. As you can imagine I was in panic mode inside!

[@TimeAfterTym]

Chicago bricks are famous because Illinois has sand. Mines of all different types. We even export, the white, fine silica sand to places like the Bahamas for their beaches, since the seashells and sea life that dies is no longer sufficient to keep their beaches covered in white sand. So it’s only natural at Chicago would have the finest brick because Illinois has the finest sand.

[@keegantimber8571]

Good job Ed. Thanks for sharing your experience. !! 👍👍👍

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@curtweatherbee2523]

Looks good neighbor Ed☃️❤️🤓

[@projectswithjw]

Looking Good 👍👍

[@AD-hr4is]

Hi Ed. And thats how we learn. By doing. I personally uses ceramic tiles.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks! I was considering using tile 👍

[@RossOnTheLand]

Hello Ed! Nice save on the grout! When I saw it completely covered I was.. afraid. But it turned out really nice. Maybe look at adding a "T" moulding transition around the outside edge to allow for expansion maybe in wood or metal. Looks fabulous

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Ross! It was kind of intense for a while there!

[@jjacres129]

This was a great video ED forward progress is always nice to see

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Jeff!

[@dougraimondo4683]

Awesome awesome job looks great.thats all that matters in the end.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you!

[@richardbritton5280]

Great job Ed 👏 👍 🏆🏆👴🙏🙏💙

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks 👍

[@GardenTractorBoy]

It looks great. I wish I could have said that I knew a better way of doing this but sadly I don't

[@bobpurs]

Looks great Ed. Was a little nervous when you started the grout but nice recovery 👍

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks. Me too! 😄

[@margaretmatthews511]

Hi Eddie, questions: do you like your reciperating saw as much as you are enjoying your mini-chainsaw?😅 Advice: your neighbor is left-handed...in case you want to remove the excess cement. Comment: I thought the same "why are you getting rid of the floor boards?" Compliment: your smooth editing is seamless AND it gives an unreal time lapse...i think it will actually take 10 minutes. Thank you, Eddie. Happy New Year one & all!!!!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you, Margaret! I do love that multitool! Shout out at 14:12. 🤣

[@margaretmatthews511]

Comment: I appreciate your hearth pattern matching your outside pattern. AND thanks for the shout-out!!! Your final brick cut is a thing-of-beauty!!!!

[@leedun7]

Really great segment Ed...nice work.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you. Much appreciated!

[@billbray8797]

Looking good Ed. I did not know you dug a pond @ 13:30. LOL

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Haha, thanks!

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Outstanding work that you have done Sir !!! Cheers : ) 220 Full watch !!!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you!

[@jamescumbo1928]

Ed nice video. I don't know if this will work but you could try using a sander with different grit sandpaper. Maybe you can get a little more off to show off the bricks . Happy new year to you and Ann

[@richardjacques6370]

Looks good great job

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you!

[@johnmasker3581]

Great job!!!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you!!

[@georgecarter1725]

Nice job Ed, I really like what you’re doing. Happy New Year

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you. Happy New Year to you!

[@whenworkisplay]

Good afternoon Ed, my wife does all the tile work in our house. She had a similar experience working with travertine. It took a little more sponge work to get the excess grout off, but like you we are really happy with the finished look. We enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing the experience.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks Ben! I was thinking maunf I should have sealed the brick first? I haven’t worked with travertine but I see the similarity! Kudos to your wife!

[@MarquithLegacyAcres]

Really nice Ed. You are doing a great job on this project and of documenting it for us to learn along with you. Thanks for publishing. -Tod

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thank you, Tod!

[@chevheaded4599]

Thanks for taking us on your journey. Did you end up keeping the "artwork" in the right hand side of the chimney? The live you did showed that. I was thinking you were going to use a floor scrubber machine to clean the bricks off on the floor. Looks good!

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Thanks! Yes the “character” is still there 😄

[@philwhite5815]

Pattern is Harringbone

[@billbray8797]

Did you get the look you were looking for? If you decide to remove the haze on bricks, maybe you can use a wire brush attachment on an angle grinder.

[@MyClutteredGarage]

Yes I’m very happy with it! Thanks!