Is this chumming? *************************************** M.V. Tegel, hands-on impresario Tegel Design + Planning 551-914-1171 ************************************** On Dec 15, 2009, at 3:39 AM, Gabriel Orgrease <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 12/15/2009 12:58 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote: >> >> >> Go figure. Christopher > > I love it. Please cross-post this. > > I am very mush interested in the recent discussions regarding burnt > wood. At a McKim Meade & White library interior we need to replicate > a used fireplace using new firebrick to build the firebox > (unfortunately the old firebrick was thrown away a few years ago > when this project first started). The developer intends to install a > gas log. Currently there is an engineer drawing up the design of the > box though we are not sure how historically accurate they will be in > their considerations. Though we have ideas on how to make the > firebox look authentic, as if it had been previously used for > decades, we have a few small details that worry us. We are not sure > if the original in this setting would have been for burning of wood > or coal. In either case we presume that the soot patterns, the black > charring, and the chemical composition of the patina would be vastly > different. We have considered building mock-up fireboxes and testing > them with both wood burning and coal, but any comments of expertise > in burn patterns on masonry would save us and our end-client a whole > lot of trouble. At present we are thinking about using shellac mixed > with lamp black and dispersed with hand-held propane torches. This > methodology also troubles us as the library walls are all carved > wood and we would be burning in an enclosed space where we will need > to accommodate appropriate ventilation. We have been negotiating > with the developer in hopes to convince them to let us also > fabricate a custom gas log, not one of those store bought ones, and > in this effort we have been burning oak and locust logs at our rural > studio and then recording their appearances at various stages of > consumption. More than likely despite that the original fireplace > was probably coal fired we think that the money on the project will > go with an interpretation of burnt wood. > > ][< > > -- > **Please remember to trim posts, as requested in the Terms of > Service** > > To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the > uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html -- **Please remember to trim posts, as requested in the Terms of Service** To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>