mullikinmaple
01-31-2017, 05:06 PM
I have been haunting the pages of Maple Trader for a couple of years but have never posted. Great site with a wealth of info. I have a question regarding bricking over fire blanket. I have a Leader 2x6 drop flue and decided to pull all bricks out and add one inch ceramic blanket. The arch was bricked with full bricks. They came out pretty easy and I can reuse them. Now that I have the blanket in, I'm afraid I will loose a lot of width if I put full bricks back in. The drop flue pan will fit in but it is tight. Given I have added a lot of insulation, would it make more sense to rebrick with half bricks, particularly under flue pan. I plan to put full bricks back in firebox area but maybe halves would be good there as well to regain some width. I would appreciate any and all advice. I do plan to try a small blower (265 cfm) this year but may not use it for every boil. Depends on how it works. Thanks a lot.