42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

[cobblerdave]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

Gudday
Build your oven entranceway bigger than the oven door and you will always have a "lip" to seal an oven door ...and you'll have a greater opening to operate your oven through. It doesn't matter how deep its about how wide.
Regards dave

[mirassou]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

Les, your reveal cuts are the same as Dino's, whose plan I'm following.

[mirassou]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

KB thanks...I am anxious to get into the arch. I should get to cement the rest of the entryway bricks this morning.

[mirassou]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

Jon, the build looks great! I haven't heard of any cons to it. Seems like the right place to fit the door.

[deejayoh]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

I don't think many I have seen have been built with a cut like your photo, Les. Most people finish the inner arch and then build the entry a bit bigger to create the reveal You have to build it that way if you want a heat break between the dome and entry

[Les]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

So I've been studying this transition and don't see where anyone has cut a 1" reveal on the outside of the arch bricks to accommodate the door.

I thought most of us had cut the reveal.

[kbartman]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

Mirassou,
Your build is coming along nicely. Look forward to watching your progress.

[kanoer54]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

i had read early on my quest for the WFO build there were pros and cons about the reveal for the door. i decided to go ahead and cut one in the inner arch bricks, just in case. thought it might help with the door sealing. i am just wrapping up building the inner arch door and will be using a tadpole gasket to help seal against the inner arch reveal.

[mirassou]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

With showers on and off, cemented most of the rest of course 3 above the soldier course today, as well as two courses on the left side of the entryway.

[mirassou]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

I'll have to try a few cuts.

[UtahBeehiver]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

There has been a few but I have to think a little on who the builders were.

[mirassou]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

So I've been studying this transition and don't see where anyone has cut a 1" reveal on the outside of the arch bricks to accommodate the door.

[mirassou]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

I didn't get to cement the entrance today, will try tomorrow morning. Then, as Faith said...it'll be brick by brick.

[mirassou]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

...and thank you everyone for your comments. They are of significant help!

[mirassou]

Re: 42" Pompeii Oven in Virginia

LOL...I wish I had a "paint by numbers" procedure, but what help from all of you it's slowly coming together in my mind. I'm going to cement the structural entrance tomorrow if it doesn't rain to get some kind of commitment to the process. Then we'll see how the arch support that I've made will fit in. I'm also considering how I'm going to make a further arch support for the expansion of the entryway. Dino didn't use arch supports for that, but I'm going to need to do that.