Arnold Howard on fri 27 jul 01
By the same token, we at Paragon have found that moist greenware
greatly lengthens firing time. Drying greenware in a kiln is
expensive.
Arnold Howard
Paragon
> When I was teaching and building kilns at Anderson Ranch
> '70_'73 we
> learned to place a piece of sheet galvanized between the block
> foundation
> and the brickwork of the kiln. The reason we did this was to
> create a vapor
> barrier so the kiln wasn't sucking up moisture from the snow
> covered ground
> all around the kilns. It made a huge difference in firing times
> for the
> kilns we did this to. If I ever build another brick kiln I will
> try your
> expanded metal idea and get the air in there too!
>
> Cheers, Hank
>
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