hello all, excited to be posting and sharing my build. Will be a 42” dome oven. Each weekend making progress, slow and steady. I’ve told my wife if I can have the project finished by Halloween I’ll be happy! Certainly the largest build undertaking I’ve done but has been a bucket list item for 5 years now.

I am intimidated by by the amount of concrete I need to make for the base(!). I’m tempted to rent a mixer and invite friends over- I need 32 bags of 80lbs. Bit of work. Completed so far the subgrade prep and form. Managed to use items from the house but had to buy the rebar from Lowe’s. I estimated build cost of $1,500 with some contingency built in and looking to save wherever possible.

I have have a general question- has anyone used kiln bricks for their base and dome? While shopping on the weekend at a clay pottery here they gave me a tour and had a few stacks of kiln bricks from their old furnace. I’m tempted to make them an offer but need to check if they’ll be suitable?

link to photos will be in my email signature below- hopefully it works.