Utah 36" WFO

[danjmath]

I've been wanting to build a pizza oven for years, and now that we decided to stop renting, and bought a house, that time has come.
I never thought it would some such a complicated process, but am looking forward to starting my 36" Pompeii.

I am a complete newbie to building physical things with my own hands, and after looking at what some of the members here have made I am a little intimidated, but as long as it stands, and can cook a good Neapolitan-style pizza, I will be happy.

I plan on laying the foundation this weekend, did have a few questions about it.

Should I lay footings, or just a 6"pad with gravel underneath be enough?

Also, should I set the rebar for the ceramic bricks in the concrete? Seems most builds just add them as they put in the concrete base.

Finally, anyone from Utah know where to get firebricks? I hear Lehi Brick no longer carries them, although I have not checked for myself.

Frightened and looking forward to this build!

[UtahBeehiver]

Dan,

Where is Utah? Give me a PM and I can give scoop on where to get materials. Start with KSL on fire bricks. Here is one that was posted recently, Good Price
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=218&ad=39195...brick&ad_cid=1

[danjmath]

Just moved to Lehi, thanks for the link! I just called Lehi brick, and they do have firebrick, but at 2.20 each, and 2.07 for splits.

[UtahBeehiver]

I did a 2x6 form with 6" of structural gravel underneath, no footing. Used 6"x6" wire mesh in pad. In hearth I used #4 and #5 rebar 1 foot centers. Look at my picassa album. Also look at this link for some of the more documented builds. You are welcome to come to SLC to see my oven.

https://community.fornobravo.com/for...n-the-archives

[RandyJ]

I guess that maby it varies by part of the country but 2.20$ a brick was the best price I was able to find. Make sure you look around but that sounds like a fair price to me.

Randy

[dakzaag]

Frost determines the need for footer construction or not. If you have frost then you should consider a footer that is deeper than the frost depth. Ask around and you will find what is common in your area. A heavy pad is often used even in deep frost situations, but the risk is that the frost will heave the slab and then the whole oven will sit un-level. If you are ok with that kind of risk then just build off a pad and be done with it.

[danjmath]

With several rainy weekends and an unexpected sprinkler pipe that needed to be relocated, I am quite behind. I do have my pad laid, and am starting on the oven stand now.
I'll get some pictures up once I get time.

I do have a few questions though. First, I was planning on using homebrew, but just saw this:
https://www.ksl.com/?nid=218&ad=3964...brick&ad_cid=1

Would that be good to mortar in my bricks, and how much would I need?

Second, for the bottom tray, should I just use normal concrete, or should I mix up some p-crete or v-crete.

And related to that, p-crete vs v-crete? Price and insulation-wise, is there much different, or is it just whatever I can find cheapest?
Thanks!

[RandyJ]

I do not think you want that it is for filling voids under and around things. You would probably use it in a industrial applications to set a pice of machinery in to place once it has ben leveled and Tramed. It says nothing about use as mortar just that it is self leveling. You will be better off with the home brew. Also I would guess that you would need 6 buckets or more and can buy all the ingredients for home brew fo not much more than 1 bucket.

Randy