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I've just got to the stage of having a cured oven (5 fires built up over 6 days) covered in blanket and vermiculite and with the first real cooking due on Saturday (and heavy rain on Sunday onwards) I was hoping for some advice on waterproofing.
My plan was to not render the oven for a few weeks while I cook in it, and to cover it with a tarpaulin when not using it to keep the rain out. However there are threads here about rendering with cement/lime/sand mixed with a waterproofer before the oven is fully dried out.
If waterproofer in the render keeps the moisture out doesn't it equally keep the moisture in? Wouldn't this mean it is a bad idea to render now (and save myself the covering up process over the coming weeks) because it will make the drying out process longer or stop it altogether.
I am going to paint the finsihed oven to match the house so will gain water resistance this way but this does not help in the short term.
Any help for an almost dry oven in a very wet climate would be greatly appreciated. What to render with, what to add to the render and when to do it?
My plan was to not render the oven for a few weeks while I cook in it, and to cover it with a tarpaulin when not using it to keep the rain out. However there are threads here about rendering with cement/lime/sand mixed with a waterproofer before the oven is fully dried out.
If waterproofer in the render keeps the moisture out doesn't it equally keep the moisture in? Wouldn't this mean it is a bad idea to render now (and save myself the covering up process over the coming weeks) because it will make the drying out process longer or stop it altogether.
I am going to paint the finsihed oven to match the house so will gain water resistance this way but this does not help in the short term.
Any help for an almost dry oven in a very wet climate would be greatly appreciated. What to render with, what to add to the render and when to do it?
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