? and the rubble for the pavers spread and compacted. Holes were dug for the gazebo posts.
Gazebo structural elements installed, and a 1? copper gas line for the barbecue laid in a trench dug around the oven slab.
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? and the rubble for the pavers spread and compacted. Holes were dug for the gazebo posts.
Gazebo structural elements installed, and a 1? copper gas line for the barbecue laid in a trench dug around the oven slab.
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Oven slab and beam floated off, and looking a bit on the wet side, due to the rain.
Next day, the formwork was removed ?
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The excavations lined with plastic membrane, and formwork and reinforcing steel mostly installed. Unfortunately, due to the slope of the land, the footing was stepped down by three brick courses (10?) from the oven slab to the gazebo floor, effectively lowering the hearth slab on the uphill side by the same amount. Less height to store wood for the fire ? darn! I was really depending on 4 block courses to enable good access for the wood storage area under the hearth slab.
The cavernous excavations took over 6 yards of concrete to fill! And of course it started raining half-way through.
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Hendo's Oven
Time to start posting some photo?s of my brick oven construction. I originally proposed to build a stand-alone unit, complete with gabled tiled roof, like so many I have seen in Italian backyards. But before I knew it, the project had increased to building an adjoining gazebo, and then still more to incorporate an outdoor kitchen, complete with sink, bar fridge, barbecue and deep fryer.
The first photo gives a perspective of the construction site, with excavations for the oven & bench footings and trench for gas & water supplies and storm water pipes already completed. The area next to the back fence has been levelled for the gazebo and aggregate dumped for the slate paving. The mess has truly begun!
The next two photo?s show details of the footing excavations. I opted to go for the same footings as specified for our house extensions some years back, as they will have to support a similar weight in our highly reactive clay soil. Probably overkill, but time will tell. The main footing is 14? wide by 36? deep, and reinforcement is by 6 ⅝? bars (3 top 3 bottom).
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