BenjaMia Bakehouse Project

[SpringJim]

Re: BenjaMia Bakehouse Project

I know, I know.....

[asudavew]

Re: BenjaMia Bakehouse Project

Looks good Jim.

Get some heavy cardboard and cover that floor!
Cut it to fit!

Trust me on that one....
DAve

[SpringJim]

The first course in process

so far so good!

[SpringJim]

Hearth

Finished the hearthfirebricks and laid out the first course.

[SpringJim]

Hearth time!

I mixed a bag of fine sand with a bag of clay and dumped it on the insulating layer. This was used to give some more thermal mass and level the hearth for firebricks. I used the dry method and it worked well (so far!)

[SpringJim]

Re: BenjaMia Bakehouse Project

I dunno...it was heavy! Took two people to unload it off the back of the pickup and position it in place. I can lift one side at a time to set it where I need it and shim it up to the same level as the new floor.

[asudavew]

Re: BenjaMia Bakehouse Project

Nice find. That will look great.
James

Indeed.

How much did it weigh?

[dmun]

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It baffles the mind that it would have ever paid to scorp out the back of the step like that. Mind you, this was before sintered diamond saws, and that was a lot of cutting.

Great piece.

[james]

Re: BenjaMia Bakehouse Project

Nice find. That will look great.
James

[SpringJim]

Granite Landing

I found some old Granite steps from demolition of a Bank Building.

...gonna make a great landing!

[SpringJim]

Perlcrete and bricks

Insulating layer done!

[SpringJim]

Thermocouple adaptation

I used a plastic waterpipe piece to make a tube in the perlcrete layer.

One at the top and one at the bottom of the insulation layer.

Then I can install and/or remove thermocouple probes as needed!

A little vaseline on the tube, then rotate it while the perlcrete is curing. For the top tube I covered it with a little more cement based perlcrete and will level that surface with the fireclay/sand mix before the hearth bricks are placed.

[SpringJim]

Insulating Hearth

I decided to use a layer of the insulating firebrick with perlcrete over it.

[SpringJim]

Re: BenjaMia Bakehouse Project

Good eye Drake, the perlcrete photos are next. (That was the structural finale)

[DrakeRemoray]

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I love it! That is going to be one big oven! Also, that is some of the smoothest perlcrete I have ever seen...are you sure you added the perlite?
Drake