Newbie needs an advise

[SCChris]

Re: Newbie needs an advise

Your choice to place the oven floor bricks directly on the slab is going to really hurt you with regard to heat. Ideally your brick floor should sit on some insulation. Some use a non-structural layer of blended vermiculite and concrete, some use a ceramic insulator board, some use an underlayment of insulating firebrick. Before we go further about curing, did you place your dome directly on the floor bricks or is the floor of the oven independent?

Chris

[tjb77494]

Re: Newbie needs an advise

I have not cure it at all, just fired few times.
What is the best way to cure it?

Thanks

[tjb77494]

Re: Newbie needs an advise

I have built it using split fire brick and covered with 3" high temp insulation,
floor is just brick on the top of the concrete slab siting on .5 inch of the sand

[SCChris]

Re: Newbie needs an advise

It sounds like you may need to cure a bit, or a bit longer. If the bricks of the oven are not dried thoroughly by curing, they will hold the fire back and you'll have a fire that smokes. If you haven't taken the time to methodically cure your oven and you push the temps up too fast you chance cracking the oven and spaling bricks. What have you done with regards to curing so far?

Chris

PS Gulf brings a good point regarding your floor insulation.

[Gulf]

Re: Newbie needs an advise

Hello,

I've just finished building my first oven, 32" inside 3" insulation on the dome.
Yesterday, it was first day I was attempting to cook pizza. I purchased some firewood, which seem to be dry to me and started fire.
I got a lot of smoke and was not able to heat it up to temperature I could cook a pizza.

What can use instead of firewood?
Thanks a lot

What type insulation do you have "on the dome"?
What type and how much insulation do you have under the floor and dome?
What type of firewood? and, did they tell you it was seasoned?

Your oven may have not be dry.

There are a lot of variables. But we need more info from you on how your oven is constructed to give much advice.

Try to include some pics .

[tjb77494]

Hello,

I've just finished building my first oven, 32" inside 3" insulation on the dome.
Yesterday, it was first day I was attempting to cook pizza. I purchased some firewood, which seem to be dry to me and started fire.
I got a lot of smoke and was not able to heat it up to temperature I could cook a pizza.

What can use instead of firewood?
Thanks a lot