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[Neil2]

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"If you're concerned, you can build your roof/sheething with metal studs and cement board."

I would also recommend this. Somewhat safer than a wooden enclosure. Be sure to allow for good ventilation to the inside of the enclosure.

[GianniFocaccia]

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Geoff,

Yes, your thinking is correct. Take a few minutes and you'll see the construction sequences of builders on this site who wrapped their finished domes with refractory blanket, then covered the blanket with vermicrete. The loose vermiculite is finally used as a void fill between the vermicrete and your cement board walls.

[jota112233]

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Hi Geoff.
I live in Cardiff, so not far from you?
My base was designed for barrel oven, but when I found this forum, decided to go for a pompeii, I;ll send you some pics on PM - may be of help?


Nb... general consensus here is not to bother with foil, as it retains moisture...

regards
Jon

[labman]

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Hi Dave,

I just checked out your build and I'm amazed! You must and should be so proud.

From what you say, I should be ok to build the oven, build up the outer sides above the dome, which doesn't touch the oven, fill with loose vermiculite and cap it off with fire board, then construct my roof? Is my thinking correct?

Cheers

Geoff

[dmun]

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I want to put a roof over my and was concerned with the heat and wooden roof?

If your oven is well insulated there should be no appreciable heat nearing the 450 needed to char wood. If you're concerned, you can build your roof/sheething with metal studs and cement board.

[labman]

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That what I did with my oven, it works fine and holds heat for ages, the most pizza I have produced in one evening is 28 over 2 hours.

Regards

Mel

Hi Mel,

I'm hoping I'll have the same luck! Oops - planned result! 28 pizza's in 2 hours sound great to me, reckon I can only manage 2 though at a push! Did you use loose vermiculite on top of the finished (bricked up obviously) oven ie after the foil and cement/vermiculite oven covering? and how did you cap the top off? I want to put a roof over my and was concerned with the heat and wooden roof?



Thanks for reply


Geoff

[labman]

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I double posted for some reason so have deleted

[labman]

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I'm afraid I don't understand the question.

As to the size of the slab, you can always cantelever the support slab over any base it's sitting on.

I just mean't that the Pompeii oven is round and therfore has a large diameter whereas the arch type (tunnel type etc) seems to be a better fit for me on the slab I have built. Hopefully by insulating well It will work as good as the Pompeii. If I built the Pompeii, from my reckoning, I would have less room at the side of my slab and wasted room at the back (this only because I have made it for the arch/tunnel type)


Thanks for reply

Geoff

[dmun]

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what are the disadvantages with an arch type v's pompeii?

I'm afraid I don't understand the question.

As to the size of the slab, you can always cantelever the support slab over any base it's sitting on.

[melvynhoare]

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That what I did with my oven, it works fine and holds heat for ages, the most pizza I have produced in one evening is 28 over 2 hours.

Regards

Mel

[labman]

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Thanks Mel,

The footprint width of my slab would mean a pretty small pompeii oven, what are the disadvantages with an arch type v's pompeii? Also living in Wales, UK, I get a fair bit of rain to say the least, my idea was to build up the sides of the arch type oven once complete and infill with lots of vermiculite, then cap it off and roof it.

Many thanks


Geoff

[melvynhoare]

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I would not use reds for the dome, they will not hold the heat and may well chip/break up with repeted use.

I did build a arch type but wish now I did a Pompeii.

Regards

Mel

[labman]

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Thanks for replies, found bricks at Victas.

Think I'm going to have to go with the arch type bread oven as the Pompeii will be tiny give the width of my base. I'm going to get 100 fire bricks for the base and just want to know if solid reds are ok for the dome?

Geoff

[melvynhoare]

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Geoff,

I bought my bricks from Midland Refactories, they were ?1.05p a brick but that was in 2008. They also had everything required to build a pizza oven.

You could also try Vitcas based in Bristol.

Good luck

[labman]

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Ok folks, I'm going to take the reds back off and add some more insulation then get fire bricks although they have been hard to find in Wales, any ideas?

Geoff