Well, it took a while but the repairs are done! REALLY hope it fires up well as another big setback would be painful! Sigh...
But, it's done! Woohoo! I still have to have my hubby put on the metal roof and paint the ironwork to slow rusting but that can wait. Had the original arch support rescued out of our burn pile. Set it up and hard firebrick arch went in. All numbered and you'd think it would be a piece of cake...well I'm blonde...forgot whether the numbering started in front, or back, or zig zagged! Luckily I have all my pictures for this blog. ;)
The brick arch fitted pretty well. Not as tight as the original but not too shabby. Just a couple brick had fused together and showed signs of bloating so those were recut and replaced just in case.
Next came the layer of ceramic fiber blanket and IFB arch. Wasn't as luck with this arch so it had to be redone. Not bad but a bummer non the less.
Done!!! All up and ready to fire!! Not as tight as before and a few odd patches but should be functional.
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