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  • brianventura
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    Wow! You certainly created an interesting post. As for "stepping on my post" I don't mind at all. Your build has started a captivating thread with quite a few comments. I hope all the questions and comments are useful and you end up with a great oven.

    Good luck and I will check back for additional posts.

    Respectfully submitted,
    Brian (brianventura)

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  • GianniFocaccia
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    I plan on it being in the concrete as a structural additive when I add the perlite layer.
    Bmwdiver brings up a good point. If full-length soldiers are installed, would a 6" outside layer of vermicrete sandwiched between dome and a concrete wall, say, be an effective buttress? After all, the compressive strength is there, only this time sideways.

    Bmwdiver, do you remember the range of repairs Salvo did?

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  • Bmwdiver
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    Originally posted by david s View Post
    The expansion off steel wire should be the same as the refractory, it is with concrete anyhow. Because the wire is on the outside it is likely to be in tension as the refractory expands and the wire is cooler. Once the wire heats it should go slack and probably stretch and therefore not return to it's original length leaving it useful for the first heating cycle only. This is what happens with kilns that are held together with threaded rod and angle iron. They need to be tensioned up from time to time, but you won't have this option and your wire is far more stretchy than 10mm rod.


    I guess I was not clear enough. It will not be in tension nor will it be on the outside I plan on it being in the concrete as a structural additive when I add the perlite layer.

    But after more research and the gracious input in this forum I'm making a few adjustments.

    Thanks Gianni, your right I have a picture in my head of what I want I just need to figure out how to combine the ascetics I want with the integrity of the tried and true methods. After all salvo did make a living building AND repairing them. Repair being the key word.

    I'll keep you all posted.

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  • GianniFocaccia
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    This build looks very risky.
    I agree, but I would bet that if you complete your oven using your proposed design your oven will work okay. But for how long? Based on (FB) conventional wisdom, the inherent structural flaws have already been mentioned (hearth strength, soldier stability, sufficient dome wall thickness). Another questionable element in your design is the brick floor that extends past the perimeter of your oven. These bricks will take all the heat you can give them during firing and afterward, reducing the efficiency of your oven.

    If your heart is in building an oven like Salvo's, go forth and enjoy the build from your own hands. FWIW, I have yet to see a custom hand-crafted brick oven (like the ones built here) from any of the Italian oven sites I have visited. Rather, they all (including Stefano Ferrara's) appear like they were designed and built to be completed as cheaply and quickly as possible.

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  • david s
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    Originally posted by brickie in oz View Post
    The steel wire will go slack at the first sign of heat and serve no purpose at all once slack.
    The expansion off steel wire should be the same as the refractory, it is with concrete anyhow. Because the wire is on the outside it is likely to be in tension as the refractory expands and the wire is cooler. Once the wire heats it should go slack and probably stretch and therefore not return to it's original length leaving it useful for the first heating cycle only. This is what happens with kilns that are held together with threaded rod and angle iron. They need to be tensioned up from time to time, but you won't have this option and your wire is far more stretchy than 10mm rod.
    Last edited by david s; 03-20-2011, 02:41 AM. Reason: Spelling

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  • Bmwdiver
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    I thought that if I encased the wire in the insulating layer of perlite and Portland cement that it would expand and not fully support but the structure would reinstated when the oven goes cold. After reviewing several failures with a tall soldier course the failures are after a hot cycle when the oven goes cold and shrinks.

    Thanks for the input I'll look more closely at the possible effects, before I encase it with the light concrete.


    I guess I just figured it would act the same as the re-bar that adds strength to a slab.
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  • brickie in oz
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    Ive never built a round oven so dont know, there are many on the forum who have.
    I dont know if they used support bands or not?

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  • Bmwdiver
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    Originally posted by brickie in oz View Post
    The steel wire will go slack at the first sign of heat and serve no purpose at all once slack.
    Thanks; what would you use as a band to support the soldier course. I could use an aricon braid?

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  • brickie in oz
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    Originally posted by Bmwdiver View Post
    TThe Steele wire is to keep the course from tipping outward while the dome is being constructed, it is wrapped around the entrance bricks which are recessed into the floor. The wire will then be moved to the outside of the clay mortar and inside the insulating layer to provide additional support.
    The steel wire will go slack at the first sign of heat and serve no purpose at all once slack.

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  • Bmwdiver
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    Risky I'm ok with. Doomed is not an option. I built up a sample hearth and plan on testing the integrity of it with a Baldwin machine I have access to. If the hearth doesn't hold up. I'll take a more well traveled path.

    As far as the dome with no mortar, that's a challenge I placed upon myself the only payoff will be my satisfaction.

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  • lwood
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    This build looks very risky. Eliminating the structural slab under the insulation seems inadequate, particularly if the 1/4" rods fail. Also, fitting together the entire dome with custom cut bricks without mortar sounds like a lot of work for little or no gain. Less than 5% of my interior dome has exposed mortar and the dome doesn't wear like the hearth does. Steffano Ferrano uses a similar method but doesn't custom cut all the dome bircks.

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  • Lburou
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    Welp, your plan to support the bottom of your oven seems counterintuitive to me. I surmise that the footprint of your stand is essentially supporting the circumfrence of your dome, and you are comfortable with the steel and vermicrete for a hearth.

    I hope it works for you

    Since you are an engineer, I'll leave it there and watch and learn....While sincerely wishing you godspeed with your oven build

    Keep us in the loop so we can watch each step of the way : popcorn :
    Last edited by Lburou; 03-19-2011, 06:30 PM.

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  • Bmwdiver
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    Originally posted by dmun View Post

    I'm confused here. Your soldier course is going to be held up with a length of coat-hanger gage steel wire? What's the wire supported by? Is it anchored to anything?
    And your quarter inch pieces holding up the whole oven? How are they moored into the base? When you're considering the forces of your oven, you should consider two things: Steel has a considerably greater coefficient of expansion than masonry in heat, and similarly, an oven subject to heat-up and cool-down cycles is an object in motion. It's not a static pile of masonry.
    The soldier course is held up by the shims and mortar applied to the back of the bricks, which will be done after the dome is complete. The Steele wire is to keep the course from tipping outward while the dome is being constructed, it is wrapped around the entrance bricks which are recessed into the floor. The wire will then be moved to the outside of the clay mortar and inside the insulating layer to provide additional support.

    The 1/4" Steele bars are recessed into the block stand and captured on each end so that it can move freely but not come out. A 1/4" concrete board is on top of the bars and block stand. The perlite is on top of that.

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  • dmun
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    I'm confused here. Your soldier course is going to be held up with a length of coat-hanger gage steel wire? What's the wire supported by? Is it anchored to anything?
    And your quarter inch pieces holding up the whole oven? How are they moored into the base? When you're considering the forces of your oven, you should consider two things: Steel has a considerably greater coefficient of expansion than masonry in heat, and similarly, an oven subject to heat-up and cool-down cycles is an object in motion. It's not a static pile of masonry.

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  • Bmwdiver
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    Thanks David, I coated the Steele bars to prevent the rust.

    I would agree that 1/4" is pretty thin and I would not have used it if the nominal span was 12" or so. But since the span where the load will be the greatest is a max of 5" I considered the risk low.
    The largest span I have is the opening for the storage and it is dead center and only 16".

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