30"/760mm Scotland Pompeii

[jms]

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That looks really good. You should be proud!

Are you going to put any finish on the base?

The base will get a render and the woodstore will have a door. Then I'm going to do a kind of wood decking style surface to cover over the concrete slab and overhang a bit to provide some working surface.

[deejayoh]

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That looks really good. You should be proud!

Are you going to put any finish on the base?

[jms]

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I've finished cleaning the oven brickwork. I just wish I'd done it before the mortar set and then it wouldn't have taken a couple of days.

[jms]

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I've made up my weatherproofing door over the last few days. The wood was part of an old tabletop, sanded down, and four coats of varnish. With a couple of handles and a weathersealing strip around it.

[jms]

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Banana and Confiture de Lait (Milk Caramel sauce) dessert pizzas. Made 2.







Next time I need to go hotter and build a bigger bed of embers. I aimed to not overload the oven this first time, but I know it can higher to get that really spotty effect on the crust.

[jms]

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The first products of the oven.

Caputo 00 dough (20hrs bulk fermented, 6 hrs balled, both at room temp), San Marzano sieved tomato sauce, mozzerella, chorizo. Made 6.

[Gulf]

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Very nice looking oven .

[jms]

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I've finished pointing over the last two days.




Next I've got to clean it up. I've also started buying pizzamaking supplies.

[jms]

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G'day
That outer coating of brick will go a long way to waterproofing the oven. But you still have the Achilles heel of any oven in the open and that's the hearth at the entrance. That hearth brick will soak up any rain that falls on in. It will wick into your oven and of course your insulation will soak it up real fast. A tarp laid on the hearth is a good enough temporary measure, but a outer door is what you'll want in the long term.
Regards dave

Yep, I'm planning on building an outer door for this reason.


Did some more pointing today, finished the chimney and started on the dome.

[cobblerdave]

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G'day
That outer coating of brick will go a long way to waterproofing the oven. But you still have the Achilles heel of any oven in the open and that's the hearth at the entrance. That hearth brick will soak up any rain that falls on in. It will wick into your oven and of course your insulation will soak it up real fast. A tarp laid on the hearth is a good enough temporary measure, but a outer door is what you'll want in the long term.
Regards dave

[jms]

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Then I started pointing and got the arch done. Just a simple white sand/white cement mix.

[jms]

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Then I got the final brick cutting out of the way. Just straightening stuff to make it look better once it is pointed.

[jms]

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Since the last post I've completed the dome brickwork and finished with a concrete plug. I had wanted to wait until I'd fired the oven a few times (to drive any possible moisture out), but it has been raining every other day and firing it means I have to move the canopy. I decided that just getting it waterproofed and able to fire it without worrying about rain is more important.

[deejayoh]

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That looks awesome. You should be very proud

Does anyone have experience getting old permanent marker out of firebrick?

900 degree fire should do the trick...

[jms]

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Today I moved the canopy aside and started the normal curing schedule. Goodbye to my clean brickwork



The side walls reached 150c/300f after a couple of hours and I kept it there by feeding more briquettes for a few more hours. Tomorrow I'm going to start it early and try to get it a bit hotter all day, and then move onto wood the next day.

Does anyone have experience getting old permanent marker out of firebrick?