Wood Fired Beehive in Utah

[mikku]

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Glad to see you have the weather with you and can start. Looking at the texture of your pericrete, to me it looks a bit dry. I add enough water just to the point when you squeeze it, no water comes out. You should be able to form it into a ball by squeezing and it should retain its shape. Right now, it probably feels really crumbly to you. A sample I made and put into a plastic bag later was also crumbly when the cement set, but the wetter stuff when squeezed into a ball formed a hard ball when set.

That is just my observation on a "one-time build", others may have some other ideas. Your oven will take on a whole new appearance with this newest covering!

[UtahBeehiver]

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Thanks for the info, will try your idea. One batch, seems a little crumbly the other side had a little more water and seems to set better. I'm going to let sit overnight and see what happens.

[mrchipster]

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Nice start, i like the shaping tool.



i plan on visiting sometime soon I should be out to SLC sometime early summer and will give you a heads up should it fit into your schedule.

Was hoping for some spring skiing but went to Palm Springs to get some sun instead.

Chip

[Gulf]

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Lookin' good Utah!!!

Double what he said .

And the "maters" are coming along great!!

[UtahBeehiver]

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Made some headway on the Pcrete. Just as I am getting the hang of forming Pcrete I am getting close to being done.

[Gulf]

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Made some headway on the Pcrete. Just as I am getting the hang of forming Pcrete I am getting close to being done.

That's because the most of the vertical is done! Every layer now is going more horizontal . It gets a "helluvalot" easier from here. Great job!

[dvm]

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Just as I am getting the hang of forming Pcrete I am getting close to being done.

Think how much easier it will be next time.... wait never mind - don't think of that.

[mikku]

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Lookin great--it's a keeper!

[fabby]

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that build is looking great.

Have you had much shrinkage on the prericrete? What was the final thickness you went for?

I am having trouble finding the ceramic blankets and I am thinking about just using vermiculite, which is readily available around here.

Oh, how much will you end up using?

[UtahBeehiver]

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Thanks guys,

Fabby, I have not seen any shrinkage as of yet, using a 5:1 mix because I already have CF underneath and I want a more solid base to render to since I am cladding my dome with copper and screwing the shingle to the dome. Average thickness is 2-3", you may have to double your vcrete thickness to get an equivalent insulation value of a CF blanket. If the mamma does not get her way with the dome, you could just pour the vermiculite (w/o portland) right over your dome in the enclosure. I am into my 3rd 4 cu ft bag, bought 4 but don't think I will need it. Running about 9-10 bucks a bag at a concrete block supplier.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Finished percrete today, going to let it set for a week or so to dry out before I render. All said and done the curved trowel was the key tool to keeping the shape. Ended up using 3.5 - 4 cu ft bags roughly 2-3" thick 5:1 ratio. Used a beer bottle as a blockout for the vent in the apex of the dome.

[deejayoh]

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Glad to see you drank the beer first

[Gulf]

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Excellent work on the pecrete!
And a great choice for keeping with what I think will become an "industry standard size" vent opening .

[UtahBeehiver]

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Just got back from Cabo for a little R and R. Good part the perlcrete on the oven could sit and dry for a week. The bad part, what do they say about drinking the water , so the party I planned for tomorrow is off until the SWMBO and I recover.

But a WFO in any language is a WFO. Here is one in a small village called Pescadero. They were cooking pies in about 4-5 minutes and chicken in a skillet at the same time.

[deejayoh]

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Hey! I was just down in Todos Santos for 3 weeks. Where were you staying?