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Building a Brick Barbeque

Bob and a contractor rebuild the homeowner�s brick barbeque using common brick and mortar.
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Building a Brick Barbeque

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" Okay let's get started and the backyard but John -- DR mason contractor who's gonna help this -- this little barbecue I guess I'm Bob I don't miss luckily with -- Saturday afternoon special to -- ten -- all right yeah I'd say it's a pretty. Often by your are very simplest design yes and I don't have you figured out how are affectionate. Spell basically just a little sketchy so we thought would work. Yeah get rid of all that stuff first let's orange border right right going to make it out -- level things up we -- philosopher levels of brick -- comfortable as opposed. He's got a little sketch which obviously there which is shopping this should be correct and that'll pumped -- back walls on the best. Yeah that's what a Trey corrales warming and how different foods which of course little let's bottle back for a little -- This is a test brick were using which is that -- yep very common -- when you can't force these sorts of California nonsense expulsions. Good but you know yeah the secret -- projects like just having the right. Mix of cement -- put it together all right what -- what are we -- over here -- we have as a basic bricks were picked up this stuff like -- cement. And aren't we -- that's without to a supported the war. -- Stand to one hot patriot -- and what about water how do you figure he just sort of -- to water in this. Well basically we're north slope you're gonna make it too wet yeah they can export ability out of it -- it's -- you can make it -- I have been an outlet bill Bennett there's still other house. -- a generation of sand to the cement is what sort of quarter to want. Sort of -- auto parts sand and one bath actually works of chickens masonry cement has some -- tonight is that the work ability great and -- alike column with. Should try to blend in with we have an existing -- here."

" All right now ready now what's good thing that's got to go to work ability to what that. You don't want -- if they're going to stop the war what you don't want to wet. -- that middle. -- on overload articulated student via carrier regular it back. OK so what we're gonna that's doing is we're gonna work in the corner expressed no started as well when you always have our little -- you. We just enough what you need a little -- next up. We start the corner we get out corners at first. And you want to match strength thickness of that right exactly where they works good and then you do -- closure afterwards. How do you get the mortar on the you've put them there correct yes we do is which. A little bit here. And try to split the difference a little bit on. Both ends so it goes it's it's pretty tall. That's less easy to do. The next yeah. And -- are often right yeah. You want to put a level -- sure. -- some people do whatever it cost you can do whatever is between. And I usually range itself to make sure everything. It'll just yeah just to make sure is going straight. -- this step is called parking. And you've basically got more of the same mortar mix that you're applying right over the -- right. How does this stay out. What is a good next very rich and richer in Portland -- Portland here you know if we don't put too much on the trial. It on the back of the trial in just a good impression well it's a trick to really -- that's Ralph you're holding it. They're holding it upside down right -- and almost almost back was actually right and I keep the water on the back in the trowel that I it's just easier to do that what. And -- budget -- or paintbrush what do you have thousand and just that kind of smooth enough alone. So that's -- so --"

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" Now on this course that we're going to. Be using some lag bolts right -- galvanize lag bolts. We do is release -- a lot of or an inch and a and they are going to provide support for the actual grilling goes on here correct that's what we're doing putting down all the mortar before we bring the bricks and play. Right now we're -- elect. You're starting with a half brick up the outside corner yes that's to keep to have long -- announced makes everything stronger. We'll support. You've got up another couple of individual parts for the -- it done. And -- that makes on. You know let's that's normal self -- run different types of them."

" we've got here -- some old steel grating that will be terrific with a few T bones on it you can switch to bring it -- to a higher level. And of course the back we've got missing bricks that it will have an air intake from there. And you've got -- steel that's an added. Little laugh -- here -- could be a warming trend. Toward could be used directly on top of the great to heat up in the hamburgers on there now. And then at the end of the evening to -- with a -- nice job thanks thanks so."

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