Cones: 06, 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Pine, Oak, Ash.

High pressure, cold and frosty.

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Wed:

9am Kiln lit fire on hearth all firebox air open.
Passive dampers closed.

1pm: Pyro 200 building coals.

5pm Pyro 450 stoking moved to top fire mouth

7.30pm 1 stoke hard wood to 3 stokes pine cone 06 over front

8.30pm Cone 1 over front.

10.15 Cone 06 back going over

Lower fire mouth filled 3 bricks. small mousehole

11.15pm Cone 9 over front , cone 1 over back.

11.45pm Cone 10 over front, 11 bending

Undergrate air closed

Thurs:

12.15am Cone 11 over front, cone 10 under front spy. Bottom passive out.

1.40am Cone 12 front bending stoking just hard wood.

9am Cone 7 going over back

12.15pm Cone 9 going over back

1.30pm Passives out, undergrate covered, 3 bricks in lower fire mouth.

4.30pm Cone 12 going over back.

Lower firemouth raked, grate cleared
Front stoking hard wood and side stoking pine slats.

2.35am coals raked hard wood builds high coals

5.15am Cone 12 back over.

9.am Passives in undergrate open lower firemouth unbricked a little

side stoking and mainly pine front stoking to end

4.10pm Last stoke.

Kiln was reduction cooled. Before last (very large) stoke, all front air holes were blocked, slab covering chimney. Flame viewing hole filled and passives sealed. Fire box then filled and stoke hole sealed.