Oven number two..

[brickie in oz]

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Looking really nice. Isn't it annoying to have to do all that work just to get to floor level, when you're itching to get into the build proper.

Sort of, but my main hobby is bricklaying so I love it.

I also get paid for my hobby from builders, how cool is that..

I must admit Im itching to cook with a WFO again, Im missing it.

[C5dad]

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Brikie,

That looks awesome. I would love to get some bluestone like that where I live. Oh well, lick and stick rock it is for me!

Chris

[bris-pizza-oven]

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your hobby is laying bricks ...wierdo nah looks good brickie when your in brisbane next let know and you can practice on my next oven

[brickie in oz]

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Had another go at cutting the bluestone today and will have more than enough to finish the base off tomorrow.

[brickie in oz]

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Just a quick safety note.
I have a full face helmet that draws air in and blows it down your face after filtering it twice down to 2 micron.

Similar to this one (just an older version)


But after a few hours on a wet saw I could feel my nose getting crusty from the dust, a paper mask just wont do.

[brickie in oz]

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The base is now done.
I have next Wednesday off so will pour the concrete slab then.

I can almost smell the pizzas.....

[david s]

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Brickie,
Try slapping some product on the stand like Bondcrete or Silasec to prevent rising damp, before you cast the slab. You won't be able to do anything about it once that slab is down.

[brickie in oz]

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Im putting corrugated tin inside the top as there a few voids that cant be over come, I think the tin will stop any moisture.

You can see Ive left piers to support the corry, Ive used some old hard bags of cement that got wet as filler next to the old oven base.

[brickie in oz]

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Here is the look Im aiming for.
Ive tried to keep with the Fibonacci sequence or Golden Mean where possible, which is 63%.

[brickie in oz]

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Some rough set outs of the oven and opening.
Im thinking of putting insulated half fire bricks at the front for a thermal break.
The cavity will be ceramic blanket and loose vermiculite, and the whole oven covered in loose vermiculite.

[brickie in oz]

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Scratch next Wednesday for the pour, I had this arvo off so got .4 of a cube and done it today.
There are 2 rows of 7mm reo mesh in there too.

[brickie in oz]

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After the concrete had gone off a while I marked a few reference points into it.
Centre both ways and 350mm (1 1/2 bricks) in from the edges.

I have to aim for a slot already cut into the roofing from the last oven so need to be fairly accurate.

[OscarA]

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Moving along nicely, if the rest of your oven looks half as good as your stand it'll be something you can really be proud of.

[brickie in oz]

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Thanks Oscar.
Ill invite all pizza nuts on the forum for a pizza when its done for all their invaluable help, too bad if they live too far away..... let them eat cake.

[brickie in oz]

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I had this arvo off so I played and done some more to the oven.
Some of the calcium silicate is recycled from the old oven and is 40mm thick.
I added 50mm pavers in between the CS and the fire brick floor tiles for thermal mass.