So after starting my oven with one contractor... and then having some problems...
I'm having to start again. It got so bad with my first contractor (who did a fine job with some patio surface and a grill island), they are going to knock down everything they did, leaving the foundation, and will walk away.
I've learned my lesson and will manage my new contractor, a stone mason, much more closely. In the first go around, the contractor had built many ovens before... but that didn't mean they knew what they were doing. They build the hearth at the wrong height, made the hearth too small, didn't follow the Forno Bravo instructions (they skipped the insulating layer above the hearth, they mortared around the floor pieces).... it was a mess.
The oven and the floor pieces were taken down and are salvageable.
I'm still going to have a great oven. I guess good things come to those who wait (and those who have learned to watch the contractor more closely and to not let them do critical work while out of town).
My new contractor is very enthusiastic to learn about the ovens and is willing to follow the Forno Bravo instructions. I'm sure we can work him through it, especially now that I know about what mistakes to NOT let them make.
I'm having to start again. It got so bad with my first contractor (who did a fine job with some patio surface and a grill island), they are going to knock down everything they did, leaving the foundation, and will walk away.
I've learned my lesson and will manage my new contractor, a stone mason, much more closely. In the first go around, the contractor had built many ovens before... but that didn't mean they knew what they were doing. They build the hearth at the wrong height, made the hearth too small, didn't follow the Forno Bravo instructions (they skipped the insulating layer above the hearth, they mortared around the floor pieces).... it was a mess.
The oven and the floor pieces were taken down and are salvageable.
I'm still going to have a great oven. I guess good things come to those who wait (and those who have learned to watch the contractor more closely and to not let them do critical work while out of town).
My new contractor is very enthusiastic to learn about the ovens and is willing to follow the Forno Bravo instructions. I'm sure we can work him through it, especially now that I know about what mistakes to NOT let them make.
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