New 42" Pompeii in Denmark

[David Exner]

Hello you good people
I have finally come down to start building my WFO. That is untill now I have started extending the terrace to fit the oven.
Decided to go for a 42" high vault after a lot of reading at this site. You see my brick-prototype in the background, and the mould for the foundation slab.
Looking forward to share my progress with you

[boerwarrior]

Re: New 42" Pompeii in Denmark

Welcome! You are in the right place to get a lot of great advice!

That is a beautiful location you have there!

[Southboom]

Re: New 42" Pompeii in Denmark

Welcome David!

Always nice to see another scandinavian here.
I will follow your progress with interest. Im in the progress of building my own, i'm about to start building my dome. I'm learning as i go, but may also have some good advices.

Ser ut som en bra start!

Karl

[Southboom]

Re: New 42" Pompeii in Denmark

How is it going ?

Regards
Karl

[hodgey1]

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Welcome and best of luck with your build. I look forward to seeing your progress.

Chris

[texman]

Re: New 42" Pompeii in Denmark

Welcome

Looks like you have a smaller oven in the background there? Is it functional?
Texman

[gmchm]

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Nice looking site, but it's along way from the house!

[David Exner]

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Hello again. Sorry for not having posted for a while, but winter, work, woman and worries about frost depth have kept me from having anything to share. Now I have built a foundation 800 millimeters (32 ") under terrain, and hope the topping stays on the pizzas for years to come. In the comming week I plan to pour the slap.
Texman: the oven in the background burns wood allright, but does not retain the heat.
The new oven is on a terrace adjacent (can't spell that word!) to the house. It's the roof of the neighbours garage in the background

[David Exner]

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Slap is poured with rebar and 50 mm (2") insulation under.

[Novaslo]

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You are off to a great start- Commence sore muscles....

[David Exner]

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Block stand coming up. After work before dinner job and in the middle of the sea-trout season. It is hard to find time for it all. BTW all materials so far are scavenged. If anybody should wonder why I use blocks of different sizes. Will have to buy the last 15 blocks though

[David Exner]

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Ready to fill the blocks. Hope I'll have the time to do it soon.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Nothing wrong with being a scavenger........good start.

[Gulf]

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Let me second Russell on the great start and the scavaging. My stand is 100% used block. I get a kick out of scavaging (scrounging) for building material.

On filling those blocks, I have a little tip that helps on small projects. I made a couple of scoops from 1 gallon jugs during the course of my build. The first one I used to fill the cells in my stand. It is flexable enough to get the the last drop out the corners of a wheelbarow, and it forms perfectly to fit the cmu cells for filling without spilling .



I later, used one just like it (the one in the pic) to mix my vcrete.

[Greenman]

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Nothing like a bit of 'creative upcycling'. After watching some of the builds here some folk would appreciate being able to get their hands on good 'rescued' materials.

A lot of beauty of some material is in the passing of time etched on its surface.