https://community.fornobravo.com/ Questions and comments on building the Pompeii Oven chamber and vent. en Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:41:33 GMT vBulletin 60 images/misc/rss.png https://community.fornobravo.com/ https://community.fornobravo.com/forum/pizza-oven-design-and-installation/pompeii-oven-construction/473144-interior-decorative-glaze-questions Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:55:36 GMT Whitacre-Greer medium duty firebrick. To match firing temperature, I was thinking an earthenware/low fire glaze would be good as the brick is fired at 2000F and those glazes fire in a similar range. They are still a higher CTE than the brick, which makes me think they will craze crack upon cool-down and then risk seasoning my pizza with fragments of glass containing pigments of unknown toxicity. Has anyone done this successfully or can point me to anyone who has? ]]> Pompeii Oven Construction Zimmy https://community.fornobravo.com/forum/pizza-oven-design-and-installation/pompeii-oven-construction/473144-interior-decorative-glaze-questions https://community.fornobravo.com/forum/pizza-oven-design-and-installation/pompeii-oven-construction/473142-water-leaching-into-oven-from-landing Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:36:24 GMT This summer we have had some significantly worse storms than in past years and I have noticed, for the first time, that water is leaching in from the firebrick in the oven landing, to the oven interior. I am guessing this has gone on for some time. The combination of the severity of the storm and...
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