36" Pompeii oven in North Carolina

[stephen*z]

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The weather got warm! it's warm outside! This was the only winter that seemed to stay too cold for brick work. SO I AM BACK! picking up the morter Monday and moving forward with the dome!

Can you tell I am happy?

[stephen*z]

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The day finally arrived and the oven went back into production. I worked about 3 days ( a total of about 8 hours) and have compleated the dome! here are some photos you can read more about it on my blog.

[stephen*z]

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Here are the antique slate roofing tiles I will be using to cover the dome when I get done with the insulation. It should look very old school.

[stephen*z]

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the first fire was started in the oven yesterday!!!!
yes it got to about 200 degrees and looked good.

I will be back at it tonight getting it hot again.

[chidding]

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Wow thats a big first fire! dont get too keen to get it roaring yet!.. after all the effort in the build.. you dont want to rush and get cracks.

looking good though!

[JakeRhee]

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HEY STEPHEN
Hi xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
uhh, just wondering, how many firebricks did you buy/use in total? What was the price per? or, where did you buy em. THANKS

(Probably better to PM me than post)

[stephen*z]

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I have used about 185 bricks purchased for $1.10 each because I had a bricklayer friend give me his price. they were from a standard brickyard.

[JakeRhee]

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oh...
Can your friend ship them

[stephen*z]

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the bricks were not hard to find. they are a standard brick used in fireplaces. are you having a hard time finding them in your area? I think shipping them would be very expensive.

[JakeRhee]

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I live in NJ, Bergen County
I'm having the worst experience for building my oven. I cannot find any brick sellers

[stephen*z]

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if you see brick houses in your area there are brick sellers. you may need to ask at a hardware store. My phone book list them in the yellow pages under "brick" and "Building Materials" have you looked in the supplies section of Forno Bravo? try posting there and you should get some info.

[JakeRhee]

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I've called everyone, no one has firebricks. I called a masonry company and they said they didn't have time to help me with my stuff.

[stephen*z]

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I figured out the ash slot yesterday, and was able to cut the bricks to make it work.

I decided to not worry about closing the hole when not in use. I had thought it would be a problem but I played around with it and determined there was no need to close it. The slot is only about 3 inches deep and one brick wide.

So I cut the bricks to size and mortared them in place. I think it will look nice. The firebrick comes out to the edge of the chimney area and the tile will finish off the look on the outside area.

[brickie in oz]

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Wont an ash slot interfere with putting food in and out of the oven?

[stephen*z]

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na. I played with it and it just is out of the way and you can slide right over it with the peel. It is not so deep that it really interferes in any way. My oven is lower than most and I thought the hopper underneath would be a benefit since I cannot really store wood under there.