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    What material to use for top (roof) of brick firebox?

    Thank you for compliment. But I thought the top of the firebox is where highest temperature would be and concrete would crack. If it's recommended to use firebricks at the bottom and side of the firebox to prevent fire touching regular bricks at the sidewalls of firebox but just concrete at the...
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    What material to use for top (roof) of brick firebox?

    Hello dear members. As I am in the process of building brick smoker I am not 100% sure what material to use for top (roof) of brick firebox? I thought if to put sheet of steel (about 4-5 mm thick) and than bricks on the top. But bricks and steel expanding and contracting at different level...
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    Exhaust pipe length. Short or long

    There are seems two schools of thought regarding length of pipe from firebox to smoke house. Seems that more modern approach is a short pipe but when I see designs of old smoke houses especially in Europe they use long pipes at angles that goes from firebox at lover level up to a higher...
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