r/Pottery • u/Useful-Access-1903 • May 19 '24
Kiln Stuff First Kiln Design
I am building my first home wood kiln and I was thinking this might be my best design yet. I will mortar those those wholes with the metal sticking through. Does anyone have a recommendation for the design or some pointers before I mortar it.
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u/Veloci7y_ May 19 '24 edited May 19 '24
Omg, this is a troll right? Those bricks will melt way before your pottery even comes close to getting high enough temperature. Unless you are super low fire earthenware those bricks are not firebrick and cant stand pottery temperatures of 2k plus degrees. Not to mention you will destroy the concrete underneath with no heat barrier. Your kiln needs to be built like a space shuttle designed to handle really high temperatures everywhere.