My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

116 - Keystone in place.
Dome portion is complete.
Time to move onto the vent.


6/11/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

118 - Method for cutting angled outer arch bricks.
This wasn't quite an exact science like the dome bricks using the wetsaw jig.
I used shims to angle the brick and kept cutting until I had the correct angle.
I only had 6 or 7 of these to cut.


6/16/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

119 - Angled outer arch bricks cut in half to form vent opening.


6/17/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

120 - Outer arch form.
I cut the forms from scrap 3/4" plywood and screwed them together w/ 2x4's as spacers to give me the correct distance to hold the arch bricks & half bricks in place.

Here you can see how tricky the angles will be for the outer arch to meet the vent walls for a flared vent landing.


6/18/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

121 - Outer arch is mortared in place.
I'm dry fitting the bricks for the vent plate mounting.
Time to figure that part out.


6/19/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

124 - Framing for countertop.
I'll fill & level w/ concrete to just under where the granite countertop will sit.
If I recall, the countertop installers wanted the concrete ~1/2" from the bottom of the granite.


6/19/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

126 - Oven vent.
I ground out a portion of the inner arch to allow for better flow into round vent mounting plate.


6/22/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

129 - Concrete countertop leveling complete.
Vent plate base complete.


6/23/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

130 - Vent plate base complete.
The Duratech anchor plate will sit inside the round opening & get screwed into the firebrick base (make sure you drill pilot holes for this step).


6/23/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

131 - Vent plate base complete, ready to install it.


6/23/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

132 - Concrete countertop leveling & vent plate base complete.
I removed the arch forms for the first time.
It was exciting to see the inside of the dome and vent landing for the first time.


6/23/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

135 - Vent plate installed.
Counter level complete.
Almost like a real oven.

The oven is ready for curing at this point.
Very exciting, but like most, nervous about curing it properly.


6/23/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

136 - Vent plate installed.
The oven is ready for curing at this point.
Very exciting, but like most, nervous about curing it properly.


6/23/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

137 - Vent plate installed.
The oven is ready for curing.
I've mounted the steel stud wall base plates to the hearth.


6/24/12

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Re: My 42" Pompeii Oven build, Northeast Ohio

138 - Vent plate installed.
The oven is ready for curing.
I've mounted the steel stud wall base plates to the hearth.


6/24/12