Considering a Pompeii, would the Cucina stand work?

[fxpose]

Re: Considering a Pompeii, would the Cucina stand work?

Erecting a block wall stand would probably cost you less and will not involve much work incorporating into your kitchen setup.

[dmun]

Re: Considering a Pompeii, would the Cucina stand work?

It would be much easier to put some footers in (they sell them premade at the hardware stores)

Do you have a link or a picture on this? A ready made footer is not a concept I've run into before.

[jamey777]

Re: Considering a Pompeii, would the Cucina stand work?

The stand doesnt' need to be mobile because I will be building it in to a kitchen. It was just my way of doing a little less work and having less weight on the pavers.

It would be much easier to put some footers in (they sell them premade at the hardware stores) than to pour a slab. Need to take into account the height difference.

Thanks for the input!

[nissanneill]

Re: Considering a Pompeii, would the Cucina stand work?

Hi jamey and welcome aboard.
Yes, freight can be a killer as I have found on numerous occasions. I don't know where they get their pricing from but it is scary!!!!
Why not look at local suppliers and build your own, much cheaper and much more satisfying to have done it yourself.
Putting it on a base that will be movable - good idea especially if you move and want yo take it with you.
A 36" Pompeii will consume around 250-300 bricks and if you design your stand frame with good insulation board rather than cement and vermiculite, should come in at around 1000lbs. A good wide perimeter base will handle that load easily but if you have it on 4 legs, well I would put a better foundation under the legs, maybe lift out a few bricks, drill/dig some holes, taper them out at the bottom and concrete fill them.
Good luck and enjoy.

Cheers.

Neill

[jamey777]

Hello everyone!

I am a potential future pompeii owner :-)

I am in Florida, and the shipping is too prohibitive to have a Cucina stand shipped out, but I know a good local welder who could easily build one. Some questions:

1) Can it handle the weight of the 36" Pompeii? (assuming the welder uses good quality metal, I would assume you can put a few tons on it)

2) I currently have a brick paver patio, its on top of typical packed earth, hasn't shifted in the 5 years I have had it. Do I need to pull up bricks and pour a slab or can I put the stand right on the pavers? Another option is to pour a half slab and have the oven half on / half off the pavers.

I will be doing the outdoor kitchen using extruded aluminum and hardy backing as the local builders tend to do here.

Once I get pricing from some local masons (I can handle a lot of it but don't want to build the actual oven) I will know whether I am going to build a pompeii or ship the 32 inch pre-fab from California.

It's a shame they don't have a warehouse in the eastern part of the country, since it looks like I can hire a mason to build a larger pompeii for me cheaper than shipping a prefab from CA.

Thanks,

Jamey
St Augustine FL