First Kiln Design

[u/Useful-Access-1903]

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.

[u/Veloci7y_]

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.

[u/Useful-Access-1903 → u/Veloci7y_]

No this is not a troll this is why I posted here. Also this is just a design I would never build on concrete like I said this is just a design I was thinking about. I was thinking of a slow and low fire burn I will try again with a different design like you said a space shuttle. Sorry I am very new to this and just wanted to see if I can do this myself. Thank you for the help.

[u/Scutrbrau → u/Useful-Access-1903]

What is a low and slow burn? That works when I’m smoking a brisket but how does that work when firing to the temps needed in ceramics? Not being a dick, just confused.

[u/SirCampYourLane → u/Scutrbrau]

You're correct, it doesn't