White & Frederick Kiln

Warrenton, Virginia

[This is page one; go to page two]

Laying out the shape with paper shelves

 

Stepped brick footings on soil

 

Brick walls corbelled to skew line

 

Double damper slots; flue area widening into chimney

 

Flue form used to determine castable brick slope

 

Final layout of sloped flue

One damper for firing; two dampers for shutting tightly

 

First (of two) door arch layers

 

Door and side buttressing for backfill

 

Beginning the arch form.

[Because the form must support a heavy layer of refractory

castable it is "overbuilt" in comparison to the temporary

support needed to hold bricks in place.]

 

Bamboo form

 

Support framework

 

Form layers: bamboo, masonite strips, cardboard

 

Construction Photos of Castable Top - Page Two

Castable Formula and Details

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