Should I insulate and brick the bottom of my arch
To try and contain heat loss from the bottom
Should I insulate and brick the bottom of my arch
To try and contain heat loss from the bottom
Personally, I would just brick it..keep the insulation for the sides
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Brick is insulation and you really only need it in the combustion chamber. The flue pan section can be blanket. Faster Cheaper and works better for heat retention.
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I'm doing mine Thursday. Going with Roxul board about 2" and half brick Dubble up in the box and blanket and half brick on the flue pan. Oh and I an have brining the bottom on a cement floor.
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Thanks for the suggestions
Heat rises. I don't think you have to worry about heat going out the bottom. Ever seen people standing around a fire in the middle of a frozen lake? Very little heat goes down.
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2015 - 2x4 flat pan on block arch, 2016 added dividers for continuous flow
2017 - 2x6 Sunrise Pan (4' Flue, 2' Syrup) on homemade arch with AUF, 2018 added AOF
2019 - Sunrise water jacketed bottler
I would insulate.
Always burned my lawn under the stove and couldn't get near the underside of the stove with no insulation.
Way more heat will go up with it.
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