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Re: New Design
I'll be honest,
I don't feel comfortable doing all that work and then finding out that i have badly mixed the concrete, made a mistake with the rebar, or poured it badly. Then the entire WFO is in jeopardy. If I am right about this, then I know that the oven base will be sound and my work on the oven itself is safe. I am just worried about the lifespan of the cedar (free to me), and how to adhere masonry to the surface of the wood (bad effects of mortar?).
Also, I purchased and watched a video about oven building in the South Tirol. I will not name the source of the video here as I believe the producers of it have used this forum inappropriately to sell their video. The video is not a useful source for building a WFO. But it was particularly interesting for me because I have family and deep routes in the area where it is filmed. It was, therefore, very attractive to try to build an oven of similar design. My own Tiroler B?ckofen, if you will.
I had seen ovens of this variety and had never before understood why there was a line of wood that jutted out from the sides. These turned out to be the beams. My guess is that they are using extremely durable hardwood beams.
I don't have access or money for those, but I do have all of these cedar beams that I can use. But will the mortar stick to them? What happens if they expand? Should I cover them with vermiculite concrete? Will they last very long if exposed to portland cement or water? I just need to find these thing out and then I'm off and running.
TB
I'll be honest,
I don't feel comfortable doing all that work and then finding out that i have badly mixed the concrete, made a mistake with the rebar, or poured it badly. Then the entire WFO is in jeopardy. If I am right about this, then I know that the oven base will be sound and my work on the oven itself is safe. I am just worried about the lifespan of the cedar (free to me), and how to adhere masonry to the surface of the wood (bad effects of mortar?).
Also, I purchased and watched a video about oven building in the South Tirol. I will not name the source of the video here as I believe the producers of it have used this forum inappropriately to sell their video. The video is not a useful source for building a WFO. But it was particularly interesting for me because I have family and deep routes in the area where it is filmed. It was, therefore, very attractive to try to build an oven of similar design. My own Tiroler B?ckofen, if you will.
I had seen ovens of this variety and had never before understood why there was a line of wood that jutted out from the sides. These turned out to be the beams. My guess is that they are using extremely durable hardwood beams.
I don't have access or money for those, but I do have all of these cedar beams that I can use. But will the mortar stick to them? What happens if they expand? Should I cover them with vermiculite concrete? Will they last very long if exposed to portland cement or water? I just need to find these thing out and then I'm off and running.
TB
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