Let me preface by saying I am planning to construct an adobe oven not a brick oven. I love to make pizza and yearn for a high temperature oven but a proper brick oven is just not in the budget at the moment.
We "discovered" the remains of an old 1960s grill in our backyard after we moved in which was absolutely covered by weeds and overgrowth. I've been working a little and cleaning it up a bit and come up with what I think is a solid foundation and 3 walls.
There is a picture at XJ dot cdevco dot net slash temp slash oven dot jpg (sorry can't link yet).
Now I am trying trying to figure out is what, if anything, can I do to pour a slab on top (or another level surface on top of which to put an oven) of this. The sides and rear are "relatively" level, I mean within a couple of inches of each other.
I tried to investigate putting pieces of wood on the sides like is seen in the pompeii manual but there's huge gaps where the different blocks sit.
Secondly, would a concrete slab even hold the weight (not sure how much that is) with the large gap and no "front" wall?
I guess there is always an option to build a wall in the front and fill the hole, but I thought that would make good storage space.
Thanks - hopefully I am making some form of sense in attempting to explain my intentions!
We "discovered" the remains of an old 1960s grill in our backyard after we moved in which was absolutely covered by weeds and overgrowth. I've been working a little and cleaning it up a bit and come up with what I think is a solid foundation and 3 walls.
There is a picture at XJ dot cdevco dot net slash temp slash oven dot jpg (sorry can't link yet).
Now I am trying trying to figure out is what, if anything, can I do to pour a slab on top (or another level surface on top of which to put an oven) of this. The sides and rear are "relatively" level, I mean within a couple of inches of each other.
I tried to investigate putting pieces of wood on the sides like is seen in the pompeii manual but there's huge gaps where the different blocks sit.
Secondly, would a concrete slab even hold the weight (not sure how much that is) with the large gap and no "front" wall?
I guess there is always an option to build a wall in the front and fill the hole, but I thought that would make good storage space.
Thanks - hopefully I am making some form of sense in attempting to explain my intentions!
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