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    Hi yall so trying to decide what to do with a floor in shack i want to build. Could someone tell me about how much insulation there needs to be between a wood floor and the bottom of the firebox? Also you that have wood floors is it easy to clean? Thanks!
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    I don’t have the answer to your question, but when I build my next more permanent sugar shack, I will also have wood floors, but I will pour a concrete pad for the evaporator to sit on, with the concrete pad extending out 3 or 4 feet from the front door of the evaporator to catch any sparks. I then would build the wood floor around the pad. That would be about 20 bags of concrete depending on your evaporator size and thickness of the pad.
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    So basicly you will have a hole in the floor where the concrete pad is? The price is only 80 dollars in concrete with a little work! Not bad! I have a 2x6. that sounds like a great Idea! Thanks!!!!
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