36" in DFW Area

[Texas]

36" in DFW Area - Design Phase

Design Phase:


?Many thanks to the forum for helping us with our build. We read countless pages of builds. I know that we used ideas and techniques from Sharkey, Amac, UtahBeehiver, GianniFocaccia, DinoPizza, JCG31, Boylanta, Texman, Oasiscdm, Aceves, Karangi Dude (no longer on forum, but very useful info when he was), Lburou, Deejayoh, Brianventura, and many others. We could not have done it without all of your pictures and information! Thanks a bunch!

?I made sample forms and bricks using foam core board, cardstock, and double sided tape to make sure it would all fit, before cutting the wood or the bricks. A "to scale model" was made for the corner stand, the floor, etc. using brown paper, newspaper, and poster board. (we did not end up doing a flared arch, we did a straight arch in the vent area, some pictures might show a flared arch)

[Blacklab]

Re: 36" in DFW Area

Very nice! Thanks for sharing

[texman]

Re: 36" in DFW Area

Nice job and Congratulations! Cheers and enjoy your hard work.

Texman

[edsiajb]

Re: 36" in DFW Area

Very nice! Thank you for the photos - looking forward to seeing more of them.

[Texas]

Our oven construction was started in Jan 2014 with preparing the ground for concrete and the project was totally finished in Aug 2014. The contractor did phase I, my husband and I built the oven, then the contractor did the finishing work. There was a lot of planning work done before any construction began.

I am now planning to post pictures and information about our oven build.

Here is what the finished project looks like! Picture #1 ready for pizza! Picture #2 bricks with blanket, then covered with Econolite. Picture #3 bricks covered with blanket insulation. Picture #4 brick work completed.

Here are the links to the different portions of our build:

In Getting Started section, I included the Design, Specs and Supplies & Equipment:
36" in DFW Area - picture of finished product - post #1 http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f6/3...rea-21562.html (36" in DFW Area)and below.

36" in DFW Area - Design Phase - post #5 http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f6/3...tml#post184271 (36" in DFW Area)

36" in DFW Area - Specs - post #14 http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/6/36...tml#post184280 (36" in DFW Area)

36" in DFW Area - Supplies & Equipment - post #15 http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/6/36...tml#post184281 (36" in DFW Area)

In the IT, Jigs, & Forms section, I included our IT, Jigs and Forms used:
36" in DFW Area - IT, jigs and forms - http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f28/...tml#post184284 (36" in DFW Area - IT, jigs and forms)

In the Pompeii Oven Construction section - I included the building of our oven:
36" in DFW Area - Building the Oven - http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/3...tml#post184381 (36" in DFW Area - Building the Oven!)

We had the base for the oven made by a contractor, then we built the oven, and they came back and did the oven enclosure and finishing work. The concrete on top of the oven base was covered with a leveling concrete to make it smoother and more level.

A spreadsheet of our costs for building the oven (not including the oven base, ground work, concrete, cinderblock enclosure, finishing work, etc.) is attached.