Hi From Melbourne

[cook21]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

here are some pics of the bench and stand for wfo .

[heliman]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

Looks like you have a no win situation there!!

Rossco

[cook21]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

not sure if i can help you with breed mate :-) but good luck with your build it would be greta to see some pics i to will post some pics

[andreas]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

Use her as filling hahaha thought of that !!!!! If i offer her unlimited Pizza's then you know she will complain because im making her fat, like im putting the food in her mouth and making her chew and swallow......... anyway the plan is in place i have read through my instructions 3 times have looked at all the pictures and marked out the slab's position waiting for approval of the ovens home and need to spread 3 metres of lilydale topping (current home job) and we are starting....... quick Question i know the breed of dog thats eats kids dont want that but which breed eats wives ??

[cook21]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

use the wife as filling for your base :-)

[heliman]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

... or you could offer your wife unlimited, gourmet pizza, home-baked bread and many more WFO treats! That should swing the deal!!

Rossco

[andreas]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

Thanks brickie, i just might take you up on that offer some time in the near future....

Andreas ( Newport)

[brickie in oz]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

Im in Whittlesea, if Im handy to your place you can duck around and get some ideas off my oven if it helps.

Bricklaying help.

[andreas]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

currently in discussions brickie

[brickie in oz]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

i know there will be problems with the wife with materials lying around for a while ( how did you handle this ?)

Thats easy, get rid of the wife....

[andreas]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

Wow i just got the plans and pictures my future WFO and its a monster waiting to be tackled... i know there will be problems with the wife with materials lying around for a while ( how did you handle this ?) also with no brickwork experience it will be a challenge and a slow progress keeping everything straight..... I am going to mass my materials first then start i will post pictures from day one.... great site great info..

[brickie in oz]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

i have seen a couple of hundred bricks sell for $50 thats value......

Andreas

I got 330 new slimline bricks off Epay last week for $50, I was quoted over $1 each at the brickyard for the same bricks.....

[andreas]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

Thanks Neill it was a good read worth the visit if ever im there, and good tip on breaking the brick though now how to get the ebay sellers to let me break their bricks before i bid, i have seen a couple of hundred bricks sell for $50 thats value......

Andreas

[nissanneill]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

Hi Andreas and welcome aboard to yet another Aussie.

1. Has anyone used the old red bricks for their oven walls ? is there a difference for the home oven,

Check out the Russell Jeavons thread in the WFO Restaurants, He has written a book titled "Your brick oven, building it & baking in it" ISBN 1 904943 25 X where he has built numerous ovens (2 in his pizza restaurant, see

https://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f27/russell-jeavons-pizza-restaurant-south-australia-1930.html

That said, I am not sure of the red fired bricks in Melbourne, but some of those produced here are suitable and can be used. The main thing to do I feel is to smash a few sample bricks with a heavy maybe sledge hammer, if they crumble and fall apart, DON"T use them, but if they break into several pieces, then they should be fine for the temperatures that you will be achieving in your oven,

2. can the red bricks also be used for the oven floor/ cooking surface ?

A brick company in the Adelaide hills seem many 4" solid clay fired pavers to oven builders as they are fired at 1200˚C. Rusell uses these 2" clay pavers for the hearths in the ovens he builds.

As other members within this forum have stated previously, "that a red clay brick wf oven is better than no oven".


Cheers.

Neill

[cook21]

Re: Hi From Melbourne

hi brickie in oz and nissanneil thanks for your reply ....... i have ordered a kit i have looked at building but i am a little time poor (have to many projects on the go ) i will post some pics up .