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Now that I am able to acutually cook some things, I feel like I just graduated high school and got laid at the prom...............(maybe I shouldn't make such a grandiose comparison...............I mean, the pizza oven is WAY BETTER!!!!!!!!!)
Gudday
I do like the scroll , I find that you always find a use or home for something .....sometime. I have a "thingy" on my chimney as well .... Neighbor says the correct turn is " folly". I think the child bride put her up to it but canny disprove it yet.
Your oven is looking good! You could qualify for being a 'selective retainer' for keeping that scroll for the purpose it was fated for. 25 years shows a quiet determination and certainty of purpose. It adds a certain je ne sais quoi and the whole job would have been the poorer without it.
It looks like you are good to go, smoke from the stack. It is a good feeling eh?
Some pics of my oven at this stage. I don't have the countertops done, but I do have some hungry people.
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that Italianate scroll I hung up for decoration is nice. I found it at a salvage yard 25 years ago, thinking that it was kinda cool and that I would use it for something.
well, I hauled that thing around for all those years an finally found a spot for it
I'M NOT A HOARDER! so just stop that crazy thinking right now.
Well I am moving along. I have some boys home from college to help. They helped dig for a french drain around the oven as water was backing up on my slab.
We have had a lot of rain and I didn't want my slab washing out. ,,
I havent seen my black snake buddy lately. He was forever hangin' out at my rock pile, but he seems to have slithered away, now that I stole most of his rocks to decorate my pizza stand
Need some help. I got my blankets and chicken wire on the dome this weekend. In between pouring rain, I was able to get my scratch coat on. A mix of 3:1 sand to S mortar mix. I still have some lumps around due to the chicken wire. It has been 24 hours. Should I fill those in knowing that the thickness will increase to 1" in these low spots? Should I use the same mix ratio or should I do something different? Should I let things set up some before adding any stucco?
Thanks for all the encouragement.
You can apply another coat as soon as the first coat has gone off, ie, next day.
Thickness isnt a real concern with portland cement based stuff.
Need some help. I got my blankets and chicken wire on the dome this weekend. In between pouring rain, I was able to get my scratch coat on. A mix of 3:1 sand to S mortar mix. I still have some lumps around due to the chicken wire. It has been 24 hours. Should I fill those in knowing that the thickness will increase to 1" in these low spots? Should I use the same mix ratio or should I do something different? Should I let things set up some before adding any stucco?
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