New to this, looking for some help.

[striker3636]

The spacing and arrangement look perfect! Nicely built.

The only comment I have is it looks like the grates and firebox are very long. If they are much longer than 20 inches you are going to have a hard time keeping wood over the whole area and if there is an empty area, draft air will bypass the fire and cool your flues. Even if you keep it filled it is really not the most efficient setup.

If you can figure a way to shorten up the firebox and raise the arch floor under the drip flues you will be way ahead.

Grates are 30", i was trying to figure out how to end it shorter, but figured if i left a gap at the end it would be hard to close off. I guess i could cut it off shorter, and then weld flat plate from the top of the grate down to the floor of the arch.

[striker3636]

Grates are 30", i was trying to figure out how to end it shorter, but figured if i left a gap at the end it would be hard to close off. I guess i could cut it off shorter, and then weld flat plate from the top of the grate down to the floor of the arch.

Or... I could just leave it that length and weld the flat plate blocker on the underside at around 20", that way as the fire burns down i can push some of the old coals up under the front pan (8" below), but the air will be coming up through the grates in the 20" or so closest to the door?