Build a door into the uds or trust we will have enough heat??
We have access to a welder(grandfather) and don't want to pull meat out if we have to add wood or coals to a dying fire box.
Any advice? We are to the point of just building 2.. One with a door and one without.
How hard is it to make the door air tight and not jeapordize the well being of our coals and wood?
UDS. Fire door or no?
Re: UDS. Fire door or no?
No door. The beauty of the UDS is the ability to run 18-20 hrs easily, without adding fuel.
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Re: UDS. Fire door or no?
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Re: UDS. Fire door or no?
NO DOOR! Is my vote.
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Re: UDS. Fire door or no?
No....and it's very hard to seal a door on such thin metal....
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