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Hi Guys,
I am looking at starting a new WFO project. This will be my second oven I have built . The first was a Pompeii oven. Unfortunately it had to stay at our last house .
This time I am looking at the Casa2G kit and turning it into a Vesuvio oven design ( my chimney will be at the front though )
Unlike last oven that was a stand alone on a brick stand , this oven will be on a terrace on top of a retaining wall . I have 1400mm clear space front to back and unlimited side to side. I intent to lay a 100mm slab on top of the terrace , drilling piers down to solid ground at the front. The rear is solid ground. I will have drainage and gravel around the rear and both sides.
As my last oven was on a brick stand it did not suffer any heat loss problems through the floor. This time the slab will be on the ground with a plastic layer underneath .
I intend to pour a second 50mm slab with plastic separating the two slabs , in the circular disc shape of the Vesuvio oven then the FB board, then the cooking floor
So my questions are . Is heat loss going to be a problem? should I be using an insulation material under the bottom slab ?
Has anyone attempted to build a vesuvio oven and could give me some tips on how to get the shape right?
Thank you
Matto
I am looking at starting a new WFO project. This will be my second oven I have built . The first was a Pompeii oven. Unfortunately it had to stay at our last house .
This time I am looking at the Casa2G kit and turning it into a Vesuvio oven design ( my chimney will be at the front though )
Unlike last oven that was a stand alone on a brick stand , this oven will be on a terrace on top of a retaining wall . I have 1400mm clear space front to back and unlimited side to side. I intent to lay a 100mm slab on top of the terrace , drilling piers down to solid ground at the front. The rear is solid ground. I will have drainage and gravel around the rear and both sides.
As my last oven was on a brick stand it did not suffer any heat loss problems through the floor. This time the slab will be on the ground with a plastic layer underneath .
I intend to pour a second 50mm slab with plastic separating the two slabs , in the circular disc shape of the Vesuvio oven then the FB board, then the cooking floor
So my questions are . Is heat loss going to be a problem? should I be using an insulation material under the bottom slab ?
Has anyone attempted to build a vesuvio oven and could give me some tips on how to get the shape right?
Thank you
Matto