New homeowner, unsure how to proceed!

[Robin94]

Hello! I recently purchased a house and it has a brick oven in the yard! I am wondering if there is a way to assess how damaged it is and worth repairing, and if it is useable. Please let me know what advice you have on how to proceed! Resources are appreciated.

[Giovanni Rossi]

Would you show us some photos of the inside? Unless I'm missing something, it looks more like a barbecue with a fire box and ash clean out.

[Robin94]

I keep trying to upload another picture but it is more than 2MB. I took the metal part out and shoveled ash out. Some bricks came falling down. It is not a large oven (at least where the food would be).

[UtahBeehiver]

Pictures are limited to 1.25 mb, which is small by today's standard, so you need to reduce pic size. Each post can handle about 5 pics at this size.

[JRPizza]

Just to throw this out - if it is not salvageable, it looks like a great location to build a new oven. If you decide to go that way you'll get all the help you need from the forum!