Polo's Thread

[Polo1523]

Here to show you some of the progress, I am building a WFO, made of firebricks, I will post a pic but only for the base made of normal red bricks, I still don't have pics for the dome, but I will post more pics tomorrow.

[Polo1523]

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The cooking surface will be around 56 inches, it is a big oven.

[UtahBeehiver]

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That is a big oven. Nice start, keep sending pics will be interesting to watch.

[brickie in oz]

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I believe its already been built. There is another thread about it.

[Polo1523]

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Yes the dome is in progress not finished yet tomorrow will post pics exactly how it is now.

[Polo1523]

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Some pics of the dome





I am redoing the floor thats why there are no bricks i am placing sone insulation first

[Laurentius]

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I like the look of it. Why the slot in the chimney?

[brickie in oz]

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You will still lose masses of heat through the ovens contact with the concrete slab so you are wasting your time with the floor insulation.

[Polo1523]

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I know you will lose heat unfortunately i was not aware that needed insulation before i started reading the forum, i guess i will still do it as it is, thanks anyway the chimney will have a trap to close it whenever i want will not have that opening when its finished

[Les]

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It is unfortunate that you found us too late. Adding the insulation under the floor will definitely help. The good news is that firebrick isn't that great of a conductor of heat. Hopefully the loss from dome to slab will be minimal.

[Polo1523]

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Hello, my oven is almost finished, and the question is if this going to work, I am not sure yet, but started curing process last week, yesterday I fire it up a little bit longer, aprox 35mins not that much wood, and it god pretty hot that was yesterday at around 10 am, this morning still feels warm/hot, I am surprised thats almost 24hrs and without a door, I didn't pushed to the limit yet and still got pretty hot, can't tell the exact temps just ordered a Laser thermometer, will keep posted, here are some pics shows when starting the fire, still have some work to do , but is looking good.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Congrats on your oven.