So, we had 6 small fires. This is called "the curing process." The purpose of this is to
gradually drive out the moisture from the 4-6" thermal mass facade (in our case, stone) and the mortar,
before getting a full-on
Towering Inferno going (with or without OJ).
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| Dusty picture of our 1st fire. |
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| Not as dusty... |
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Clearly, this is the start of our 3rd fire.
(We started #2 and then went to lunch, so I didn't get a photo of that because I was thinking about pizza and not the fire...) |
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| Fire #3 - on fire. |
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| Fire #4. |
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| The set-up for fire #5. |
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| Fire #5 ON FIRE! Ahhhh! |
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There was a pretty good flame going on this'n - you could see it in the pizza oven!
Ok, you could see it sometimes; I took like 30 pics to get this little orange bit to show! |
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Looks like the top of the masonry heater is open and we're going to set the house on fire!
It's not, and we're not. It's an optical illuuuuuuusion; we had a halogen light on top. |
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Like a Boy Scout m'dad is! Look at that cabin stack!
(ok, I have no idea what that's called, but it sounded good didn't it?) |
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| You'll never guess the number of this fire... |
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| YUP! You guessed it! Six-a-rooni! |
Clay plaster stuff
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