A method for retrofitting a silo combustion chamber having a vertically extending flame tube with downward throughflow which can be fired from above, the casing surface of which is provided with a plurality of cooling fluid supply openings and is lined internally with ceramic heat shield elements, wherein the lowest heat shield elements rest on a metallic supporting ring which has a circumferential support face extending substantially horizontally, on which the lowest heat shield elements each rest with a contact face and which is provided with a plurality of radially extending cooling fluid bores, a conically tapered mixing tube arranged downstream of the flame tube, into which the lower region of the flame tube is set, and an outer housing which surrounds the flame tube and the mixing tube, forming an annular supply channel, comprising the steps:
- a) removing the lowest heat shield elements, and
- b) replacing the removed lowest heat shield elements with substitute heat shield elements which have protrusions extending downwardly from the contact face and covering parts of the inside of the supporting ring.