White & Frederick Kiln
Warrenton, Virginia
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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