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  • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

    Yea good point thanks for the tips.
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    • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

      Originally posted by V-wiz View Post
      . We poured & leveled the foundation/slab then wet layed the blocks, then inserted the rebars into the blocks.
      Why dont ppl work out the size of things to work full/half blocks before hand?
      This has confused me for many years, its just multiples of the block unit?
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      • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

        Originally posted by brickie in oz View Post
        Why dont ppl work out the size of things to work full/half blocks before hand?
        This has confused me for many years, its just multiples of the block unit?
        We found it easier this way. I dont see the issue in doing so.
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        • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

          We finished the 6th course today, i sprayed the dome with water and put a tarp over it so it cures/ dries slowly. Is this ok or will it cause problems?

          Can someone provide a link to where it shows how to cut taper the bricks for the upper courses. Thanks
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          • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

            Here is the 6th course. The tarp over the oven did good as it keep the moisture in, i removed it the following night. Is there anything i can improve?



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            • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

              Another tear drop shaped oven, isnt there a dimension on the plans as to where to position the front opening to avoid this?

              If not, why not?
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              • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

                Originally posted by brickie in oz View Post
                Another tear drop shaped oven, isnt there a dimension on the plans as to where to position the front opening to avoid this?

                If not, why not?
                Im note sure what you mean, could you please lend me a hand? if i did something wrong can you please show me or tell me how to fix it? i see the shape of the tear drop and it does bug me. id like to know how to fix it. Thanks.
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                • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

                  Viewed from the top the oven doesnt look round, or is it an optical illusion?
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                  • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

                    Originally posted by brickie in oz View Post
                    Viewed from the top the oven doesnt look round, or is it an optical illusion?
                    You are right, its somehow goes straight to the arch. I think the solution was to curn in the walls in little more at the arch area? what do you think.
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                    • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

                      I think the plans need a dimension or ratio as to where the front is positioned in regard to the sized sized oven ppl will be building to avoid this from happening.
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                      • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

                        Happens when you don't use an IT. Seems like a natural reaction for most builders. Your last course should be connecting across the top of your arch to complete a circle. You've straightened out that last bricks on each side.

                        Brickie - IMO, the plans really don't cover this in much detail.

                        I am going to go back to my suggestion that the FB plans should be dumped into a Wiki where we could add all kinds of sections. How to build/use an IT. How to build the arch into the oven. How to taper bricks. Yada Yada Yada. Maybe this is something I will need to do myself if I find the energy. It really takes a lot of work to dig this all out of the forums when you are newbie who doesn't know what you are looking for!
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                        • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

                          Originally posted by deejayoh View Post
                          Happens when you don't use an IT. Seems like a natural reaction for most builders. Your last course should be connecting across the top of your arch to complete a circle. You've straightened out that last bricks on each side
                          It would also depend on how far back of forwards the arch is in relation to the dome.
                          The intersection of the arch and dome where they meet at the top have to correspond.

                          Originally posted by deejayoh View Post
                          Happens when you don't use an IT.
                          There is a current build on here using the IT and it still has the teardrop shape.
                          Last edited by brickie in oz; 03-12-2013, 10:55 PM.
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                          • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

                            Originally posted by brickie in oz View Post
                            There is a current build on here using the IT and it still has the teardrop shape.
                            I should have said "happens when you don't TRUST your IT". Pivots can only make circles, but we may choose in our infinite wisdom to override that!
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                            • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

                              Because i dont have a form at the front of the dome/across the arch it has slowly slipped away. I will try to fix this gradually but i think the oven should still function properly.
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                              • Re: 42" Brick Oven & Grill in Los Angeles.

                                It will be just fine. I had to do this for mine. Try to fix it on the next course as much as you can, or it will make closing your dome a bit of a PITA. if it is not a circle, it makes brick cutting a nightmare.
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