posted 15 years ago
give it a try. let us know. no problem with ceramic pots or bricks or what have you, only differences are the way the system sheds heat, how it performs over time, cost, labor.
personally i dont understand the impulse to redesign the thing before you even spend any time with one that is built as designed to work as is.
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Ernie and Erica
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