I have an outdoor wood boiler sitting on a 6 inch concrete slab that I poured. Its in a 12 x 24 foot building I built. The concrete floor is only on half the building. The other half is dirt and its where I store my firewood.
I'm afraid that an ember from the stove might roll out onto the area where my wood sits and start a fire. So I want to get some concrete block and build a knee wall about 2 courses high. The block would sit on the edge of the current slab.
So....I'm thinking that I will need to get a hammer drill and drill some vertical holes on the edge of the slab and insert rebar (do I need to bond it?) down into the holes so that it will tie the block into the slab. There is a possibility that a log from the wood storage side could roll down and hit that knee wall. So the wall needs to be pretty sturdy. In addition to the rebar, I'm thinking that I'll need to fill the cavities in the block with mortar, too.
Just wondering if this is the right way to do it. If you have any suggestions, please share!
Thanks!
I'm afraid that an ember from the stove might roll out onto the area where my wood sits and start a fire. So I want to get some concrete block and build a knee wall about 2 courses high. The block would sit on the edge of the current slab.
So....I'm thinking that I will need to get a hammer drill and drill some vertical holes on the edge of the slab and insert rebar (do I need to bond it?) down into the holes so that it will tie the block into the slab. There is a possibility that a log from the wood storage side could roll down and hit that knee wall. So the wall needs to be pretty sturdy. In addition to the rebar, I'm thinking that I'll need to fill the cavities in the block with mortar, too.
Just wondering if this is the right way to do it. If you have any suggestions, please share!
Thanks!