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  • #16
    Re: losing heat fast on the floor...

    Well...looks like a traditional southwest horno...in which case the floor was placed without any insulation...that base was meant to be a heat sink for longer term slow cooking...also there is no insulation on the dome...just mud...if you want to do pizza for any length of time that floor and dome will need to be insulated
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    Dutch
    "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. " Charles Mingus
    "Build at least two brick ovens...one to make all the mistakes on and the other to be just like you dreamed of!" Dutch

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    • #17
      Re: losing heat fast on the floor...

      its unanimous .....insulate
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      • #18
        Re: losing heat fast on the floor...

        If the oven is fairly new it may be that your gravel and sand (which by the way are not great insulating materials because they're dense) are still moist and moist insulation conducts heat easily. Your oven may improve the more you fire it.
        Kindled with zeal and fired with passion.

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