I finally had my first major furnace brick failure after 8 months

The back wall of my old Glory Hole just crumbled into the firebox yesterday, which was a real mess (and a bit scary, honestly). I'm looking at about $500 in new firebrick and a full weekend to tear it out and rebuild it. Has anyone else had to do a full rebuild on a smaller glory hole, and did you change the brick layout at all?

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the_oscar3d ago

Oh man, that's the worst feeling. My old one ate a back wall too, and the heat just finds every weak spot after that. I ended up switching to a herringbone pattern on the rebuild, which was a pain to cut but it's held up way better against the direct flame. Good luck with the weekend project.

hernandez.morgan3d ago

Haha, @the_oscar, you're a braver soul than me tackling a herringbone pattern. I'd probably get three cuts in and just start gluing the broken pieces back together out of spite. That heat really does turn every little crack into a major escape route.