emmafvsmith

This is so helpful, thank you a bunch everyone!! Brill, I'll start this tomorrow. Found some 1" ceramic board that I can use, with another layer of ceramic fibre over the top. That'll increase the thickness of the insulation on the roof of the forge to 2", whereas it's only 1" now. Thanks for the suggest to use ceramic board! Brill, I'll start this tomorrow. Found some 1" ceramic board that I can use, with another layer of ceramic fibre over the top. That'll increase the thickness of the insulation on the roof of the forge to 2", whereas it's only 1" now. Thanks for the suggest to use ceramic board! The only thing I'll say is that it is deffo the burner that's getting the hottest—I mean the roof is way too hot too but it's worst on the lower burner flare that meets the forge roof (that's the part that's glowing red). I messaged the company too to ask what to do and they tried to act like it was completely fine...not sure I trust them if it's literally glowing red, my last forge never did that!

I recently out together a forge from burncraft, who make nice quality burners but the insulation was a bit lacking inside the forge. I added satanite on top of the ceramic wool lining, but am concerned that the top of the forge seems to be getting very hot, especially where the burner meets the forge body. As you can see in one of the pictures, it's even begun glowing red. Inside the burner is flush with the ceramic wool. Do I need to add another layer of insulation to the top of the forge? I've read that the burner should perhaps be set back a bit into the insulation to help prevent this exact problem, but wanted to ask advice first.