My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

[david s]

Re: tools and techniques

Misspelled a couple times the word caulk, as what come in a tube or sausage or even a pail, not chalk used to right with, oppps sorry

None of the caulks I've tried, and I've tried quite few, remain elastic at anything exceeding 350 C. They all go brittle or burn. Can you suggest a brand that works?

[Campmaki]

Re: tools and techniques

Not quite sure here, do you mean "chalk" or "caulk"?

Misspelled a couple times the word caulk, as what come in a tube or sausage or even a pail, not chalk used to right with, oppps sorry

[UtahBeehiver]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

KB,

I made a hyperlink to a dozen or so concrete counter threads done on the forum. It will give you some ideas. http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/c...ers-18388.html

[david s]

Re: tools and techniques

Just something to keep in mind for future builds. A control joint is a joint that is completely clean of anything but backer rod and chaulk. In our builds, if you are doing a thermal break this joint should roped with firerated backer and fire rated chaulk. Good chaulking practices need to followed. This means a joints sides need to clean. The purpose of the rod is to allow the chaulk to stretch sideways. A joint that has no backer is held on 3 sides and will eventually fail ,because it can not stretch. The depth of any joint shall be one half the width, so a 1/2'' joint width should be 1/4'' deep. A soda bottle with soapy water applied to your finger allows you to slick the joint. Always start at the bottom and work upwards. This may sound silly but the main thing is to apply the correct amount of chaulk, not to much and not to little. Try to go slow and seal the jt. as much as possible to eliminate excessive tooling. All chaulking in an oven is covered but you never know when it might show, just some pointers

Not quite sure here, do you mean "chalk" or "caulk"?

[Campmaki]

tools and techniques

Just something to keep in mind for future builds. A control joint is a joint that is completely clean of anything but backer rod and chaulk. In our builds, if you are doing a thermal break this joint should roped with firerated backer and fire rated chaulk. Good chaulking practices need to followed. This means a joints sides need to clean. The purpose of the rod is to allow the chaulk to stretch sideways. A joint that has no backer is held on 3 sides and will eventually fail ,because it can not stretch. The depth of any joint shall be one half the width, so a 1/2'' joint width should be 1/4'' deep. A soda bottle with soapy water applied to your finger allows you to slick the joint. Always start at the bottom and work upwards. This may sound silly but the main thing is to apply the correct amount of chaulk, not to much and not to little. Try to go slow and seal the jt. as much as possible to eliminate excessive tooling. All chaulking in an oven is covered but you never know when it might show, just some pointers

[stonecutter]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

Waiting for the finish?????....... Rome wasn't build in a day........You all might be waiting for a while..........Wonder how long it took to build the arches in the Coliseum....By my snails pace I would say about a day for each arch a least mine anyhow.

I was going to say 12 years, but i wasn't sure. Some say 7-8 years, others say 10. Either way, you have some time before you overtake that project completion date.

Of course if you do take that long you better start cutting solid voussoirs for your arches now. The forum might let you slide on all the relief work though.

[Gulf]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

Waiting for the finish?????....... Rome wasn't build in a day........You all might be waiting for a while..........Wonder how long it took to build the arches in the Coliseum....By my snails pace I would say about a day for each arch a least mine anyhow.

Scratch coat complete on the lower half. A brown and a finish coat and I will be done with the stucco.....its taking my for ever and my body fills as if I had build Rome.......

Time to start studying for the concrete counters.....any suggested reading ideas is appreciated.

Take your time. Just do it your way! We'll still here.

PS: Lots of great ideas on the web for counters. Do your research. Discover what fits your style .

[kbartman]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

No comment, other than "waiting for the finish of your artistic build" .

Cool, I love the repeated Roman arches. It reminds me of the Colleseum.

Waiting for the finish?????....... Rome wasn't build in a day........You all might be waiting for a while..........Wonder how long it took to build the arches in the Coliseum....By my snails pace I would say about a day for each arch a least mine anyhow.

Scratch coat complete on the lower half. A brown and a finish coat and I will be done with the stucco.....its taking my for ever and my body fills as if I had build Rome.......

Time to start studying for the concrete counters.....any suggested reading ideas is appreciated.

[david s]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

Cool, I love the repeated Roman arches. It reminds me of the Colosseum.

[Gulf]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

Thanks Colin,
Although I won't call it perfection, far from it........Comments and suggestion needed............

No comment, other than "waiting for the finish of your artistic build" .

[kbartman]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

All I can say KB is amazing attention to detail
Simply breath taking.A work of art, a lesson in perfection.especially in incorporating and into existing infrastructure

Thanks Colin,
Although I won't call it perfection, far from it..............................Anyway appreciate the confidence...........Arches complete...Decided to change from brick to brick pavers to accent the base,..........I think I like how it turned out.....least wife is happy, that's half the battle...........I hope I have cut my last brick ......Yippie........Just one more,to lay, it will go in front of my pool light j-box. I hope it will conceal it nicely. I plan to cover the last base brick paver in plastic wrap and mortar in place. After it has set up, remove the brick and plastic then replace. I hoping any gap between the brick and the set up mortar can be hidden with cement only paste. If access is needed later, a slight taping would free the brick. I think ..........Does that sound workable? Comments and suggestion needed.

[oasiscdm]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

All I can say KB is amazing attention to detail
Simply breath taking.A work of art, a lesson in perfection.especially in incorporating and into existing infrastructure

[kbartman]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

Ole "Sunny Florida" has not been sunny The past few days. I had to put up the tarp again, which is probably a good thing when the sun returns it will help in the curing process of the stucco. I was able to get some of the brick accents and got the scratch coat done on the upper portion, despite the nasty 45F and rain......burr......... The three arches and beneath the oven counter will receive the brick accents..............Tossing over in my mind how to accent the base.

[kbartman]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

At least it wasn't a bunch of vultures circling around.


Looks good...but you should have done it in masonry.

As slow as I've working, there should be vultures circling

What is it with the Predatory Fowl and our WFO's?

They may be protecting us from the vultures, aleast me anyhow.

All I see are crows. And no, I'm not going to eat them!

Deeeeeee......... don't never say your not going to eat crow. You know better then that........

Hey KB maybe its waiting for a tasty morsal from that oven,


Nice neat job KB amazing build.

He may have to wait quite awhile for the tasty morsel as I concentrate on finish the build.

Thanks all

[oasiscdm]

Re: My 40" Inch pizza oven in Florida

Hey KB maybe its waiting for a tasty morsal from that oven,

Must admit i'm glad I am sticking with an igloo. So much easier.

The next oven when swmbo and I move into new home we just purchased, in a couple of years I'm thinking I will do the same as I have now, with a slight variation where I will have a wall behind the decorative arch to make it look like a dog house enclosure but behind this I will leave just the rendered dome. I will include my signature again too, the yin and yang will be prevalent in this build also.

Nice neat job KB amazing build.