[TheForge] Steel attaching to masonry

[Jerry Frost]

You see them mortared into joints all the time and they 
seem to hold up fine. I'd make the anchor pretty long 
but wouldn't worry about it over much.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Mark Novak" <mark at fireworkspdx.com>


>
> If so, I may have not communicated clearly. My 
> concern is less with  the hinges themselves than with 
> how the hinge is mounted into the  masonry. Is there 
> a material that will expand and contract with the 
> steel, so that the hinges and doors don't tear away 
> from cracking  masonry? Is it merely a matter of 
> leaving enough distance between  where the hinges 
> connect to masonry and the opening of the fireplace, 
> or am I going to have to build a frame and a floor 
> support that the  doors can swing on, so that they 
> aren't connected to the masonry at all?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Mark