Here are some pictures of my first wood kiln. As you can see I am probably breaking every rule when it comes to proper kiln construction but I had to work with what I had. For the floor I used some beat up and broken brick that I had and filled the cracks in with sand. On top of that I took three 2'x3' kiln shelves I had and set them side side making a 6'x3' floor. I then made a 4.5" wall all the way around and up 11 rows. I had some insulating brick so I used those up a little higher on the kiln because I started running out of hard brick. I finished the top of the kiln with 3 more kiln shelves. The stoke hole is on the side because I wanted to conserve kiln space and I didn't want to worry about getting a little to excited and knock over the bagwall. I have some intake air holed in the front of the kiln but there was not even close to enough of them. There was very little draft in the inaugural firing and I blame it on that. The exit flue might be a little small too, but those are quick fixes. I also have to add a layer of adobe over the whole thing so I can fill in some of the cracks and openings. I think that will help with the draft too. For this first firing I just wanted to see if the kiln would even work so we just tossed wood in for about an hour and we got it pretty hot. Maybe 1000-1200 degrees. Not certain but it got hot enough quick enough to crack one of the kiln shelves that is being used as the lid. I had a feeling that might happen but I was willing to take the chance. Anyway here are some of the pics.