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I am currently in the process of moving my restaurant to a new location,
and having failed to find any relevant thread on this particular topic, I
decided to start one.
I have a Modena 160 oven. 6 foot diameter on a stand, it had been finished
with a light weight gypsum bonding plaster coat and mosaic tiled (as in pic).
My dilema was how to get this out of the building it's in, moved 30 miles,
and in to it's new location.
Moving it in one piece would involve knocking a wall in the previous
restaurant and removing several door frames, not a major issue. But getting
it into the new (much smaller) location would require removing the entire
shop front fascia on a listed building, with mains electricity cables, phone
cables etc. all having to be moved temporarily. This was obviously not an
option. So we decided to dismantle the oven. It started with chipping off all
the lovely tiles and the plaster work.
Then we removed the five interlocking sections of the dome. This was
surprisingly easy. When we first assembled the oven, we pointed and sealed
all joints with refractory cement, as per oven installation instructions. But
these joints seem to have shrank slightly on drying out, leaving a hairline
crack along each joint. This meant each section pulled apart easily, with the
only difficulty being the shear weight of them. Apologies, I did not take any
pic at this point. Then we were left with the stand, oven base, and the
precast oven floor.
This is where we ran into problems. The precast floor has a large meandering
crack in it which has actually left the floor in three separate pieces. The floor
sits loosely on top of the insulation bricks inside the base tray with a 8"
(approx) space between it and the edge of the tray. As this tray is the the
widest part of the whole unit, we would have to tilt and turn it to maneuver it
in and out of the different buildings. Since the floor is in pieces, we don't
want to risk any further damage by taking it out of the tray but if left in the
tray it would slide around when tilted and possible crumble to bits. So we cut
short pieces of 3x2 to surround the floor, wedging it into place.
This is our progress so far. In the next couple of days I will post more pics of
the move. We intend to ratchet strap the floor to the tray to make the whole
thing as one, then lift it off the stand with an engine hoist, and we could
possibly roll it on the tray's side assuming it's all solid. We shall see...
and having failed to find any relevant thread on this particular topic, I
decided to start one.
I have a Modena 160 oven. 6 foot diameter on a stand, it had been finished
with a light weight gypsum bonding plaster coat and mosaic tiled (as in pic).
My dilema was how to get this out of the building it's in, moved 30 miles,
and in to it's new location.
Moving it in one piece would involve knocking a wall in the previous
restaurant and removing several door frames, not a major issue. But getting
it into the new (much smaller) location would require removing the entire
shop front fascia on a listed building, with mains electricity cables, phone
cables etc. all having to be moved temporarily. This was obviously not an
option. So we decided to dismantle the oven. It started with chipping off all
the lovely tiles and the plaster work.
Then we removed the five interlocking sections of the dome. This was
surprisingly easy. When we first assembled the oven, we pointed and sealed
all joints with refractory cement, as per oven installation instructions. But
these joints seem to have shrank slightly on drying out, leaving a hairline
crack along each joint. This meant each section pulled apart easily, with the
only difficulty being the shear weight of them. Apologies, I did not take any
pic at this point. Then we were left with the stand, oven base, and the
precast oven floor.
This is where we ran into problems. The precast floor has a large meandering
crack in it which has actually left the floor in three separate pieces. The floor
sits loosely on top of the insulation bricks inside the base tray with a 8"
(approx) space between it and the edge of the tray. As this tray is the the
widest part of the whole unit, we would have to tilt and turn it to maneuver it
in and out of the different buildings. Since the floor is in pieces, we don't
want to risk any further damage by taking it out of the tray but if left in the
tray it would slide around when tilted and possible crumble to bits. So we cut
short pieces of 3x2 to surround the floor, wedging it into place.
This is our progress so far. In the next couple of days I will post more pics of
the move. We intend to ratchet strap the floor to the tray to make the whole
thing as one, then lift it off the stand with an engine hoist, and we could
possibly roll it on the tray's side assuming it's all solid. We shall see...
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