Water was heated in two enormous brass cauldrons (fabricated in the workshops of Place Seffarine outside) which were placed over the fires. The heated water was then carried and poured into a large water basin (called a burma) in the middle of the hot room. From this basin, water was also carried in buckets to the warm room.[8] The furnaces require constant fuel and thus needed to be manned by labourers throughout the hammam's hours of operation.