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    My new brick smoker... currently in building

    Hi All, Looking for some advice:  I am going to weld the doors to their frames tomorrow, via hinges, of course.  When doing that would it be smart to first put my door gasket on?  I purchased fireblack125 gasket that is 1/8" in thickness.  It is quite pliable and my through was to leave it out...
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    My new brick smoker... currently in building

    Hi Gavlar, You really need to leave at least a 1 inch gap in between the fire brick and any other brick, be it partition block, face brick, etc...  The firebrick gets very hot and as such, expands.  Not leaving space in between these layers can cause the mortar joints to fail or brick to crack...
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    My new brick smoker... currently in building

    Hi All, Sorry for the delay... work has been busy!  Anyhow, wanted to provide some updated photos of the build: These are from last week and we have since finished putting the roof on the smoke chamber as well.  I will get some more pictures when the rain lets up... its currently...
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    My new brick smoker... currently in building

    Thanks!  BUT, I must admit I have a buddy helping me that has been doing this for a very long time... for a living.  So, it helps to know the right people with the right tools. We did under-compensate the space we had left for the wood holder... we could have extended it by about 4" (inward)...
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    My new brick smoker... currently in building

    Well we have made some progress, finally!  We have been able to get the entire back wall up, the 2 sides, the "wood holder", and the floor laid.  Here are some updated photos: We plan to lay the walls of the fire brick tomorrow.  Next on the list:  putting the doors in and bricking around...
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    My new brick smoker... currently in building

    Thanks Wes, I will take your advice on the damper and just install a standard flue and cap.  Any recommendations/lessons learned on flue size?
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    My new brick smoker... currently in building

    Hi All, I have received some great help from individuals here (Wes W and pjnla) when in the planning stage of a brick smoker so I thought I would share my story as I go.  This will be an offset smoker with an additional access point directly under the smoke chamber to allow for easier clean-out...
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