Hi,
after deciding to build a Pompeii Pizza oven in the garden as a "2011 project" with my brother, we became aware that we actually have an old oven/fireplace in our family weekend home (built pre-WWI), a fact that had been totally neglected in the last decades.
After asking my dad to take some pictures of it, he sent us the pictures you can find attached.
So, to our delight, we actually had a treasure behind a bookshelf all the time - an old pizza/bread oven in our home, which obviously needs some restoration.
I haven't seen it in person yet, but it seems to be made of clay bricks, and definitely needs some rework on the inside, as well as a new chimney.
So, my questions regarding a restoration are:
1.) Should we upgrade the floor with new fireclay tiles? If so, with a new sand (?) base, or just put the new tiles on the old floor?
2.) What's the best way to restore the inner dome? Is putting some refractory cement in the gaps between the bricks enough?
3.) Do you have any tips regarding the installation of a new chimney - I'm sure this will be the trickiest part of the whole project. The oven chimney will then lead to the "real" chimney, which I guess is right above the oven.
4.) Is the isolation on the outside enough, or should we cover it with a new layer of stone wool (?) and refractory cement?
Thanks for any info we can get, I'm sure this will be a fun project over the next months! I'll keep you updated with pictures, of course..
Regards,
hellion
after deciding to build a Pompeii Pizza oven in the garden as a "2011 project" with my brother, we became aware that we actually have an old oven/fireplace in our family weekend home (built pre-WWI), a fact that had been totally neglected in the last decades.
After asking my dad to take some pictures of it, he sent us the pictures you can find attached.
So, to our delight, we actually had a treasure behind a bookshelf all the time - an old pizza/bread oven in our home, which obviously needs some restoration.
I haven't seen it in person yet, but it seems to be made of clay bricks, and definitely needs some rework on the inside, as well as a new chimney.
So, my questions regarding a restoration are:
1.) Should we upgrade the floor with new fireclay tiles? If so, with a new sand (?) base, or just put the new tiles on the old floor?
2.) What's the best way to restore the inner dome? Is putting some refractory cement in the gaps between the bricks enough?
3.) Do you have any tips regarding the installation of a new chimney - I'm sure this will be the trickiest part of the whole project. The oven chimney will then lead to the "real" chimney, which I guess is right above the oven.
4.) Is the isolation on the outside enough, or should we cover it with a new layer of stone wool (?) and refractory cement?
Thanks for any info we can get, I'm sure this will be a fun project over the next months! I'll keep you updated with pictures, of course..
Regards,
hellion
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