Well, I studied up on the WFO on and off for a couple years. Have now built the oven and am thinking I may have a huge problem. If anyone could offer any advice I would appreciate it.
The oven is built except for the insulation and final stucco. Here's my issue....during the build we had a huge rain that blew my cover off the site...the CF board got wet and honestly I didn't realize how wet until now. So no what I have is this oven built on a big sponge full of water. I've been heating the oven up to speed for the last 4 days and plan to try to get it to operating temp tomorrow...maybe even throw a pizza in it. I left about 2' of the CF board sticking out beyond the dome of the oven. If you push on it the water just seeps out like a sponge.
So now I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me how terrible this is going to be. I'm assuming this winter that will freeze and thaw and cause damage to the oven.....I figure all I can do at this point is heat the oven as much as I can and see if it gets the moisture out and then wait to see the impact this winter has...then maybe start over when the oven falls apart.
The fires have been burning well and there are just a few minor cracks in the surface of the dome...I'll patch those with mortar. Then I was going to put 4" of CB insulation and cover that with an inch or so of perlite, then put a coat of stucco over the perlite.
Again...any help or advice good or bad would be greatly appreciated! Not sure why I waited till now to post but everyone's information has been greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Bruce
The oven is built except for the insulation and final stucco. Here's my issue....during the build we had a huge rain that blew my cover off the site...the CF board got wet and honestly I didn't realize how wet until now. So no what I have is this oven built on a big sponge full of water. I've been heating the oven up to speed for the last 4 days and plan to try to get it to operating temp tomorrow...maybe even throw a pizza in it. I left about 2' of the CF board sticking out beyond the dome of the oven. If you push on it the water just seeps out like a sponge.
So now I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me how terrible this is going to be. I'm assuming this winter that will freeze and thaw and cause damage to the oven.....I figure all I can do at this point is heat the oven as much as I can and see if it gets the moisture out and then wait to see the impact this winter has...then maybe start over when the oven falls apart.
The fires have been burning well and there are just a few minor cracks in the surface of the dome...I'll patch those with mortar. Then I was going to put 4" of CB insulation and cover that with an inch or so of perlite, then put a coat of stucco over the perlite.
Again...any help or advice good or bad would be greatly appreciated! Not sure why I waited till now to post but everyone's information has been greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Bruce
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