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2 meter diameter New build oven with pumice reinforced with Basalt Rebar
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Originally posted by Alomran View PostFollowing adding 100mm of ceramic blanket, an aluminum bubble insulation was added, then created a space for the 250mm pumice. This may appear to be an overkill, however the oven exposed to the elements due to local regulations that made it impossible to shelter the oven.Kindled with zeal and fired with passion.
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Interesting project. I look forward to seeing it's completion.My 42" build: https://community.fornobravo.com/for...ld-new-zealand
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Originally posted by david s View Post
An aluminium foil bubble layer will be impervious to water. This will have the effect of trapping any moisture beneath it which may cause you further problems.So take it easy with the fires and don't rush to pizza temperature for some time. Do plenty of roasting and baking at lower temperature first.
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I see you started off with night store heater bricks. I've built mine out of night store heater bricks. Coincidentally, I also have a foil layer under my plaster render layer. It's worked well. I do get some moisture ingress at floor level as my floor bricks project too far out the door of my oven, but the dome itself and the floor in the oven is good and dry.My 42" build: https://community.fornobravo.com/for...ld-new-zealand
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Originally posted by MarkJerling View PostI see you started off with night store heater bricks. I've built mine out of night store heater bricks. Coincidentally, I also have a foil layer under my plaster render layer. It's worked well. I do get some moisture ingress at floor level as my floor bricks project too far out the door of my oven, but the dome itself and the floor in the oven is good and dry.
I've started my oven with red clay bricks, then realised that it won't stand the heat so I switched to fire bricks. I used night store heater bricks for the floor. In hindsight, I should have had the guts to use the night store heater bricks for the dome too. Well done for being courageous enough to try the night store heater bricks.
Is your oven's floor sloped to the outside at the entrance?Last edited by Alomran; 06-30-2021, 02:15 AM.
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Originally posted by Alomran View Post
You are correct. However I needed a protective layer for the ceramic blanket while it remains exposed to the elements since the galvanised mesh remained un-tiled for 8 months! Meanwhile, I left the bubble aluminum sheets layers overlapping loosely to breathe rather than water tight completely.Last edited by david s; 06-30-2021, 12:45 PM.Kindled with zeal and fired with passion.
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Originally posted by Alomran View Post
It is always a pleasure to converse with another fellow slave/architect!!
I've started my oven with red clay bricks, then realised that it won't stand the heat so I switched to fire bricks. I used night store heater bricks for the floor. In hindsight, I should have had the guts to use the night store heater bricks for the dome too. Well done for being courageous enough to try the night store heater bricks.
Is your oven's floor sloped to the outside at the entrance?
Yes, the nightstore heater bricks has worked very well. They hold the heat incredibly well, as is to be expected, I suppose. My floor is laid flat on a thick layer of fine sharp compacted sand. The only floor bricks that get wet are those that project on the outside of the door, so I now cover those to protect from rain, so the water from outside does not penetrate in, but probably gets into the outer part of the sand, for which I do have drainage holes. In due course, I plan to seperate that sand and those floor slabs from the inside of the oven and install a thermal break at floor level at the same time. Maybe next summer.My 42" build: https://community.fornobravo.com/for...ld-new-zealand
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Originally posted by Gulf View PostAlomran,
It doesn't appear that you have enough room on the sides of your hearth for the insulation layer. I'm not sure about the back. I had the same problem. I took care of that by pouring a reinforced concrete cantilever ring to support it. After forming the ring, I placed a thin sheet of roofing metal against the ceramic fiber insulation. My thinking was that it would help keep from compressing the insulation and keep the insulation from wicking water from the concrete. Once that had set I installed the vermicrete. The last pic shows a mesh that I installed over the vermicrete with spacers. I then installed what I called at the time a stucco layer. It was not a coventional stucco application. More like water resistant ferrocrete. That layer is very strong and water resistant. It is not a breathable layer like true stucco. That is where a vent comes into play and is very necessary with a water proof outside shell. I did lot of cooking in the oven prior to installing the brick venier and had no cracks. To date there are no cracks in the outside shell.
Since you will not have a roof cover, make sure that you build up the area behind the chimney level with the apex of the dome before installing your final render/stucco and or tile.
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