Make your workshop fireproof?

Question

Good evening

I have a question about fire protection in the workshop

I'm currently building my own hobby forge. I've already concreted the floor and now I need to do the walls. Since I have a coal-fired chimney (fire pit), I want to make it fireproof because otherwise the wooden house next door would burn down in a fire. So I thought I could build it out of bricks (just the area where the fireplace is, and cover the rest with concrete slabs), but that would take a long time. Or I could make it out of beams and then cover it with two layers of concrete slabs. I just don't know if these concrete slabs can withstand the heat. So where the fireplace is, it should be very fireproof. The rest just needs to be protected from sparks, etc.

Thanks for the answers

Greetings;)

spelman · Answer

I would strongly avoid wooden beams in such a construction. There are special chimney bricks that keep heat very well. But for such a project, I would always get the advice of people who have done this before.

Does this have to be removed? What does the chimney sweep say?

Forgings used to be a bit off other houses. Not just because of the noise, also because of the fire.

wollyuno · Answer

do not use beams, yet gives concrete that have a supporting function.ask the chimney sweep what he desires he must remove it when finished