Re: 28" Pompeii
Gene ![Smile](https://community.fornobravo.com/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
When I read the account of your 'cracks', it was like Yogi Berra said, 'It's D?j? vu all over again'.![Wink](https://community.fornobravo.com/core/images/smilies/wink.png)
I understand your feelings completely. My cracks were/are significantly larger than yours. I could see light through the cracks.
I removed the additional mortar where my cracks were located on the outside of the dome and found a couple loose bricks. I patched the cracks with wet mortar.....It cracked again, and turned black with smoke.
After encouragement from experienced builders here, I concluded it was a natural expansion joint and I needed to move on and enjoy the oven. My bricks are tapered, so they won't fall out. However, I did use some mortar, applied with a caulking gun and cured with heat, to secure the loose bricks one last time -not to fill the the cracks as much as to bind the loose bricks -it worked, and I felt much better.
Then, I covered it with two layers of one inch ceramic insulation and then poured my enclosure full of vermiculite. No worries now, the oven performs as it should. :happy camper:
This is a long way to say you appear to be within normal limits with your cracks. Move on, and finish curing your oven.
Originally posted by ggoose
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![Smile](https://community.fornobravo.com/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
When I read the account of your 'cracks', it was like Yogi Berra said, 'It's D?j? vu all over again'.
![Wink](https://community.fornobravo.com/core/images/smilies/wink.png)
I understand your feelings completely. My cracks were/are significantly larger than yours. I could see light through the cracks.
I removed the additional mortar where my cracks were located on the outside of the dome and found a couple loose bricks. I patched the cracks with wet mortar.....It cracked again, and turned black with smoke.
![EEK!](https://community.fornobravo.com/core/images/smilies/eek.png)
After encouragement from experienced builders here, I concluded it was a natural expansion joint and I needed to move on and enjoy the oven. My bricks are tapered, so they won't fall out. However, I did use some mortar, applied with a caulking gun and cured with heat, to secure the loose bricks one last time -not to fill the the cracks as much as to bind the loose bricks -it worked, and I felt much better.
Then, I covered it with two layers of one inch ceramic insulation and then poured my enclosure full of vermiculite. No worries now, the oven performs as it should. :happy camper:
This is a long way to say you appear to be within normal limits with your cracks. Move on, and finish curing your oven.
![Smile](https://community.fornobravo.com/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
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