The last few days I've been catching the edges of the bricks on the floor when pushing coals around. I got to looking and the bricks were raised up in the center of the stove. This stove has 2 rows of bricks laid N/S. Tonight I pulled the bricks out and right in the center of the stove, the metel is discolored blue showing it has been very hot. The center of the floor is 1/4" higher than the edges, so the bricks weren't sitting level. I have never over fired the stove that I know of, and there are no other signs of over firing. But obviously something happened...
I put about 1" of sand in the bottom, leveled it out, placed the bricks back in and packed sand into all the cracks. She's back up and running now.
Thoughts?
I put about 1" of sand in the bottom, leveled it out, placed the bricks back in and packed sand into all the cracks. She's back up and running now.
Thoughts?