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And its finished!  Haven't fired it up yet but will do so this weekend and hope it all works ok!  Thanks for all your help during the construction.

Great that's sorted then - thanks all.

Last question on this, promise! Would you bother with the concrete roof?  Is it easier and convenient to just build a plywood lid with waterproof covering such as roofing felt as smokin al suggested?  Would be a lot easier to construct.

Dave, Great story!  Thanks, that's settled then, i'll go with plywood. Thanks all.

Thanks both. The three sides of the shaft are open at the top as per my last picture.  I'm assuming from Daves image that I lay a piece of ply across the whole open top and pour the conc onto that.  In which case the plywood is permanently fixed in position.  Is that a fire hazard?

Its a hot smoker - my only worry would be that it would burn, and I'd thought you might need some thermal mass up there to keep the heat even and insulate the space. Plywood would be perfect if it would work!

Dave, Did the concrete overhang the edges of the smoker shaft?  What did you use as a form, plywood?  I'm struggling to see how i can build a form up at that level, over and around the top of the shaft.

Hi all, Im just thinking about putting the lid on my smoker which is a brick shaft about 660mm wide by 1350mm long.  I was going to use concrete but I'd have to cast this on the ground and lift it into place and if i do it at 100mm thick for that size its going to weight an absolute ton.  Plus...

Brickwork and supports done, all thats left is the lid and the door! s!

Wes, good point, i might double up those supports.  I didn't want any centrally in case i wanted to hang joints from the lid - i was planning on casting some hooks into the concrete top for this purpose.

Managed to get the lower door lintel in and the rack supports which are just mild steel plates embedded in mortar joints.  The lower ones will support plate steel removable baffles, the upper will support the food racks.

Thanks Wade, I do have a plan for the top - I'm going to cast a concrete top with a central duct to vent the smoke.  I did some rough plans before starting so I had something to work to.  Hope to get up another 9 or 10 courses and get the lintels in for the doors this weekend, will update with...

Thanks Wes, I've put in two brick vents, will install some kind of baffle later on: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/243967/my-brick-build#post_1546599

Hello all, I was pointed here from the US forum as I'm posting some shots of a brick smoker im building in my garden which you can see here: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/243967/my-brick-build#post_1546599 New to all this but hoping to get the smoker finish and get started smoking some...

Thanks all.  More progress at the weekend, fire brick base and side vents in place...