WFO Progressing Nicely, but Help Needed.

[carioca]

Re: WFO Progressing Nicely, but Help Needed.

Jeff, you still got burnt! Darleys charged mer $120 for the same roll of blanket -- which BTW wasn't nearly enough for two layers! - and I bought another carton of Kaowool blanket with almost the same specs from Field Furnace Refractories in Sydney for about $A80, if I remember correctly (it isn't singled out in my spreadsheet, sorry)...

Cheers,

LMH

[trenchn]

Re: WFO Progressing Nicely, but Help Needed.

Hi Carl,
The slabs are supported on a brick wall at the back of the platform and on the 3" timber at the front. The timbers are then on 3" lega at 450mm intervals, so I think it will be ok. famous last words?? The base of the oven,ie the bit the fire will be on is made from fire bricks from a night storage heater and this in turn is on 65mm of celotex insulation so I'm hoping that the slabs will barely get warm. I really love the construction process so if I have to rebuild at some point in the future I won't be too upset. I always think of better ways to do things just aftre i've done them so the next one will be better than the last.
I have just bought 2 100ltr bags of vermiculite from Jewsons for £8.50 a bag +vat.
It's great to find another WFO in the UK. What is your oven like? Any photo's?
Cheers Carl, good to hear from you.
Nick

[trenchn]

Re: WFO Progressing Nicely, but Help Needed.

Frances,
What sort of rockwool did you use and how did you use it?
Cheers
Nick

[jeff]

Re: WFO Progressing Nicely, but Help Needed.

G'day Builders. Nice to read your progress/problem reports. Special thanks for replies/responses.
Nick I guess I would have used 'rockwool' also. Unfortunately our surplus ceiling insulation is a wool/poly blend. Hmmm..I think not.

Carioca, I got burnt indeed! Third degree eh.
Usually I sus prices out, but frustration with local blanks caused me to jump without looking re ceramic blanket . (Living in the sticks does have it's downsides: just hope the IR thermometer is at the P.O. when we go to town tomorrow).(It's a TN408LC, $98.Pouch,$12.Thepromkpn probe,$55, all plus gst. Postage $20. Hope the burns don't go too deep on this one!)]

Enough dribble from the Luddite,
Jeff.

[Frances]

Re: WFO Progressing Nicely, but Help Needed.

Hi Nick,
this is where I wrote about the stonewool.

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f6/i...wool-2967.html

The overwhealming response I got to this post makes me think that maybe not many oven builders on this forum have used stonewool products so far...

A guy from the Flumroc company actually came round to see what I was using it for and recommended this product, which is usually used for insulation round furnace chimneys and things like that. As I said, so far its working fine. I'll be able to tell you more about its long-term properties in a couple of years time