Perth WA Pizza Oven/Outdoor Kitchen

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So last night I removed the formwork and got to work on gap filling and cleaning it all up, Im not too happy with some of the angles and gaps but im sure once the pizza starts rolling out, it will be a thing of the past.

Im hoping my flue transition isnt too big/small.. and that it works ok!

Such a slow progress! this project is definately teaching me a thing or two about patience.

[chidding]

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Ahh Glasshopper, I see you have used shims for the arch template, velly good.

After lurking this forum for 6months, one does tend to pickup alot of usefull information.

[brickie in oz]

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Ahh Glasshopper, I see you have used shims for the arch template, velly good.

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Hi All,

I found a cheap brick saw rental in the past week and decided I just had to get in whilst it was available, this meant I completed the front arch before closing the dome, which i know was a backwards method, but im sure i'll manage to clean the inside still.

Was nice to use a wet brick saw compared to a dry drop saw.. a whole world of difference.

I just laid a halfbrick to test my theory for the transition, but im hoping to have that completed sometime soon!.

Will be pulling out the form tonight to cleanup the mortar.. im hoping 2 days to dry is enough to pullout the forms.

Chris.

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Thankfully on saturday it was nice enough weather for me to make some progress. I had the father inlaw over to help again which was handy! It meant I could concentrate on the mortaring whilst he cut the bricks required.


At this stage I think there will be 2-3 more rings till completion of the dome, then probably another saturday or two of the front arch section. I can smell the pizzas already!

Yes i know my arch transitions look messy, but its structurally strong and looks good from the inside

Last picture of me playing with the chimney, undecided as to whether i go backwards or forwards through the patio..

[NathanC]

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No problems

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Haha, guess that's me sold on stainless steel then. Thanks guys.

[ggoose]

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I have to agree with NathanC...except for the slapping silly part - can't drive to WA from the USA
If you did paint it black, I would use the high-temp spray paint used for wood stoves; good to something like 1200 degrees F. The outer shell of the stove pipe will never get anywhere close to that.

gene

[NathanC]

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If you paint that beautiful metal black, I will drive the 2.5 days to WA myself and slap you silly

[chidding]

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Picked up the chimney today! looks really nice in stainless steel. Still undecided as to wether I paint it black or keep the stainless look.

Thoughts anyone? ..would the paint come off after a while in the wet?


Design in my head is using the spigot (anchor plate) similar to how others have done, then mounting the flue on the right, filling that box with insulation, then I plan on putting a blanket on the oven and rendering up to the box. does that make sense? would this work.. pretty similar to a double walled chimney, but was a cheaper option..

suggestions/thoughts anyone?

[chidding]

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Hey David,

On post 3 you can see the second pic, the legs are resting on a compact laminate sheet at the rear, So the load is spread over around 4/6 pavers, will be doing something similar at the front in a week or so time, will jack it up and put a bigger plate under it.

Appreciate the comments!

And yea its a heavy bastard, around 1tonne.

[david s]

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Nice work. If it were mine I'd be concerned about the weight of the oven resting on four legs sitting on one paver each. I wet weather you may find one or more of them might sink a bit. It still may be possible to weld a wider plate onto the bottom of those legs. Try a calculation of your finished weight, you'll find it's pretty heavy.

[chidding]

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Its amazing how quickly it starts to take shape. I havent had alot of time to work on it recently, and with the weather being so cold and miserable, its hard to find motivation aswell.

So when last night the weather cleared up i finished early and managed to knock off 2 rings, sadly the only picture i have was before finishing off the last brick, but atleast it gives an indication of the progress made!

Cant wait to have this done, got 1month + 1 week till wifes birthday, might be pushing it though!!?

[Ackworth]

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well this oven really helps to make the various dishes.

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1 week later and 2 rings completed... so far im happy with the progress made! once the anlges for the bricks were measured, cutting was the easy part, just mortaring took its time! especially once it angles upwards.
Guessing its only going to get harder!