RL Sanborn Masonry is Portland Maine’s
premier source for quality custom fireplace
construction.
RL Sanborn masonry has over 25 years
experience building fireplaces.
RL Sanborn Masonry specializes in the
construction of Rumford fireplaces which offer
superior heating qualities.
An Authentic RL Sanborn Rumford fireplace
can offset the expense of high priced fuel oil
by using radiant heat to reflect warmth
throughout your home without the need for
electric blowers.
Our Rumford fireplaces may also be designed
to use in conjunction with food preparation
which will offset the need to expensively heat
up the electric range.
These fireplaces can include accessories
such as beehive ovens as well as cranes and
trammels, trivets and Dutch ovens.
premier source for quality custom fireplace
construction.
RL Sanborn masonry has over 25 years
experience building fireplaces.
RL Sanborn Masonry specializes in the
construction of Rumford fireplaces which offer
superior heating qualities.
An Authentic RL Sanborn Rumford fireplace
can offset the expense of high priced fuel oil
by using radiant heat to reflect warmth
throughout your home without the need for
electric blowers.
Our Rumford fireplaces may also be designed
to use in conjunction with food preparation
which will offset the need to expensively heat
up the electric range.
These fireplaces can include accessories
such as beehive ovens as well as cranes and
trammels, trivets and Dutch ovens.
This five foot wide cooking fireplace and
bread oven is a pretty good reproduction of
a Williamsburg style working fireplace circa
1760. The date, of course, predates Rumford
but there were many of these workhorses
built in summer kitchens all over the east and
midwest up through about 1850, often
coexisting with Rumford fireplaces in the main
house. The Rumfords were for heat but you
didn't necessarily want the fireplace you
cooked on to heat - not in the summer
anyway.
These days when we build an early American
cooking fireplace it is generally in the "great
room", not the summer kitchen, and the man
of the house is cooking, not the servants. So
we make some compromises. This fireplace is
a Rumford fireplace and has an efficient
rounded throat and smaller flue than it's 1760
ancestor so it is much more efficient.
bread oven is a pretty good reproduction of
a Williamsburg style working fireplace circa
1760. The date, of course, predates Rumford
but there were many of these workhorses
built in summer kitchens all over the east and
midwest up through about 1850, often
coexisting with Rumford fireplaces in the main
house. The Rumfords were for heat but you
didn't necessarily want the fireplace you
cooked on to heat - not in the summer
anyway.
These days when we build an early American
cooking fireplace it is generally in the "great
room", not the summer kitchen, and the man
of the house is cooking, not the servants. So
we make some compromises. This fireplace is
a Rumford fireplace and has an efficient
rounded throat and smaller flue than it's 1760
ancestor so it is much more efficient.
Masonry Blog What is masonry? Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in and bound together by mortar. The common materials of masonry construction are brick, stone such as marble, granite, travertine, limestone; concrete block, glass block, and tile. Masonry is generally a highly durable form of construction. However, the materials used, the quality of the mortar and workmanship, and the pattern the units are put in can strongly affect the durability of the overall masonry construction |
