Kiln Construction: Day 6 & 7

 Due to the high amount of rainfall I wasn't able to commence work on the kiln again until Easter. So I spent Good Friday and Easter Saturday getting the kiln almost finished. I built the walls and added an additional metre to the height of the chimney.


Adding walls.

Wall, stoke hole and door.

Adding exterior wall.

  

End of day 6.



Adding additional height to the chimney.

Kiln just before sealing chimney with mud.

I now plan to return to fire the kiln very soon. I do however, need to create some work to go in it, prepare the wood and put a final layer of insulation (clay & sawdust) over the arch of the kiln.

Kiln Construction: Day 5

I set about constructing the dampers, chimney and removing the arch form during day five. This time without any major mishaps.

Constructing the dampers

Dampers for the chimney and passive dampers at the base were included

Kiln with the arch form removed

First section of the chimney added

Kiln Construction: Day 4

I returned to Canberra after day three. I didn't return until mid January when there was a cool change. This time I needed to complete the dampers and chimney. I had a slight mishap however, I got a bit too eager and tried to remove the form from the arch by myself. The form twisted when I tried to remove it and knocked the whole arch and firebox down. I had to reconstruct the firebox and arch all over again!  This error cost me an extra day.

Oops! Start again...Kiln cleared ready to rebuild.

Reconstruction of the arch take two.

Front of the kiln with extra layer of bricks and stone buttressing