[TheForge] Steel attaching to masonry

[GRAF]

What I was envisioning was a long "L" shaped rod mortared into the stone 
with w loop half of the hinge on the door.
The hinge not being made to close tolerances.
That little bit of slop in the hinge, plus building the doors so that 
they did not meet edge to edge would eliminate any prying at the 
hinge/mortar joint caused by expansion of the door.
It would not be "high tech" but should last for a long time.
You could weld up a frame if you wanted. Then you get to worry about the 
frame twisting or cracking from distortion, and of course fixing the 
frame into the stone so it doesn't work free. I think you would just be 
trading problem sets myself.

Mike Graf

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