Pompeii Grill in Switzerland

[Frances]

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Of course you're absolutely right berryst, I wouldn't have been able to do any of this without the help and support from my husband. Who cares about a little bit of cement dust...

So here's the progress, such as it is. One pic with what I've got and one with the Chimney I originally wanted to put on the Pizza oven before I realised it wouldn't stand the heat. The next challenge is how to get from the basic square shape of the bottom up to a round resting place for said chimney. Should have built another dome, shouldn't I?

I'm exactly five bricks short for the archway in front, and the local seller said they'd only sell hem by the palet . So I called up the production place, 1 1/2 hours drive away, to ask if they could help... They have put the bricks in a box and had them delivered to a construction site five minutes away from here... For free, just like that. Made my day, I can tell you, what a nice person!

[berryst]

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Well sometimes a mule is just a mule. But other times you just gotta thank god that you've got that beautiful animal makes all the difference

[Frances]

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Here we go, second time lucky... I hope! Now that the temperatures have finally risen above freezing we were able to redo this thing.

Do you know, my husband is completely incapable of lifting a sack of cement without ripping a hole in it? Does that often happen to you lot? I'm telling you, the car, the garden path, the shop, all covered in a sprinkling of gray powder... but I should talk, I'm just incapable of lifting one.

It'll be so nice to be building something again!

[Frances]

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Well, you have to laugh! And I haven't even got a dog to blame it on...

[jeff]

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Frances,
just caught up with the concrete calamity. Oh poop!
Jeff.

[Frances]

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Ooohh, do I get to be brick oven merchant when I get to 2987 posts??

[james]

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I think we were typing at the same time.

Personally, I have to see something halfway done before I can visualize the end.
James

[egalecki]

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...maybe I didn't use enough duct tape?





Some master builder, eh?

Maybe you need to switch to my personal favorite, 2 part epoxy.
My dad's list of essential tools for the home:
duct tape
2 part epoxy
WD 40
a pry bar, for things you 2 parted together you didn't mean to
and for some reason, he kept saying "a screwdriver is not a chisel".

(he actually does a lot of woodworking and boat fiddling, and has an extensive collection of tools and things, but all of the above can be found in the junk drawer at mom and dad's!)

[Frances]

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Wow, that was one fast answer!

Sorry James, no plans or anything. I'm really playing it by ear and making it up as I go along. I can't seem take a mere grill seriously after building the Pompeii ... well maybe a bit more so now.

The hight is given by the number of those large lime stones that were left over from the oven stand... the inside size by a grill by a grill tray thing my twins chose last year. Its really just a project for using up the left overs...

Actually the hight does need to be considerably lower, because I'd like everybody to be able to crouch round it grilling sausages on a stick.

But I'm afraid thats as far as I've got....

[james]

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Did you hear the report where they tested duct tape, and basically said that it is great for about 100 different tasks? Everything except holding metal duct together, where it does a really bad job. Too funny.

Frances, do you have drawings for your grill? I would enjoy hearing how you are handling grill height, air draw for charcoal, venting, etc.

How high are you shooting for the hearth? Lower than the oven?

Etc.
James

[Frances]

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...maybe I didn't use enough duct tape?





Some master builder, eh?

[Frances]

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My long-suffering husband was already congratulating himself on the last sack of concrete safely carried up to our house...

So then THIS happened:

[Frances]

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I poured the "hearth" bit... thing, concrete slab on this today (do grills have hearths?). With the framing adhering to my favourite it'll-hold-if-you-use-enough-duct-tape school of thought. I'm a devoted deciple, in case you hadn't noticed...

[Frances]

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Hey Jeff, I didn't notice this here. The grill hasn't progressed any further at all, as I'm basically shut down for Winter.

But once Spring comes, and once I'm finished with the WFO (like in a year or three) I'll get back to this. What I plan to do is have a simple wood fired grill. We have such fun lighting fires in the woods and grilling saussages on them, that I decided we need to be able to do that at home. But its all a bit low tech I'm afraid.

Thanks for the input anyway!

[jeff]

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Frances,
This is five months too late,but may be worth a thought.
We use a 20L ss pressure tank from a water supply system as a "grill/oven", both at home and when travelling. Brilliant for two.
When we build next wfo, we will most certainly build in a "Grill Pit", probably a cut-down 9kg gas bottle; maybe an old ss laundry tub.. Ultra important to have control of both air supply and exhaust. This allows temperature control comparable to electric stoves.
I shan't waste web space with details, but am happy to help off-forum.
Hope it's all good,
Jeff.