40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

[markmark1]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

Tony, do you regret your extra thick hearth?

[markmark1]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

If you want to use the heat to warm your house you could simply leave the door off and continue to feed it with wood like a fireplace, we often use our oven like this on our outdoor deck during winter. (where we live the winter temps rarely drop below 10 C/14 F)

Thanks David, that makes sense.

[david s]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

Hi guys. Sorry about the delay in responding. I look forward to following your project Mark! I was not anticipating much heat from the oven, as Laurentius points out, if it's well insulated the majority of the heat in the dome should stay in the dome. Right now I only have a couple layers of 1" ceramic blanket on and it does get to about 120 on the outer surface. I would expect this to decrease with more layers. David's comment about the radiating heat out the front is spot on. Wow can you feel the heat! I think this may add a bit of heat to the room but it would be short lived when only the fire is active. So right now with the oven unenclosed and light on insulation, yes it adds to the room temperature a noticeable amount but I am expecting it will be minimal once it's fully insulated and enclosed. I would not be approaching the project as a potential room heater as well as oven if you want the best performance out of your oven.

If you want to use the heat to warm your house you could simply leave the door off and continue to feed it with wood like a fireplace, we often use our oven like this on our outdoor deck during winter. (where we live the winter temps rarely drop below 10 C/14 F)

[markmark1]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

Thanks Tony.

[Tonyp]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

Hi guys. Sorry about the delay in responding. I look forward to following your project Mark! I was not anticipating much heat from the oven, as Laurentius points out, if it's well insulated the majority of the heat in the dome should stay in the dome. Right now I only have a couple layers of 1" ceramic blanket on and it does get to about 120 on the outer surface. I would expect this to decrease with more layers. David's comment about the radiating heat out the front is spot on. Wow can you feel the heat! I think this may add a bit of heat to the room but it would be short lived when only the fire is active. So right now with the oven unenclosed and light on insulation, yes it adds to the room temperature a noticeable amount but I am expecting it will be minimal once it's fully insulated and enclosed. I would not be approaching the project as a potential room heater as well as oven if you want the best performance out of your oven.

[markmark1]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

Did you reach a conclusion about your extra thick floor? Is it taking much longer than your dome to heat?

[david s]

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Is your awesome oven contributing to heating your house?

It should be very effective. With the door open i can feel the heat radiating out the door opening from two metres away and standing closer working the oven gets quite hot from this radiant heat.

[Laurentius]

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I'm building a new house soon and will put a wood fired oven in the house. I'm wondering if your oven has contributed anything to your house heating?

Not if its well insulated!

[markmark1]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

I'm building a new house soon and will put a wood fired oven in the house. I'm wondering if your oven has contributed anything to your house heating?

[markmark1]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

Is your awesome oven contributing to heating your house?

[fornax hominus]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

At least indoors you will probably not find your dog cornering a porky pine like I did .!!!
The dog may be getting smarter ,,no quills ...this time !

[Tonyp]

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Thanks guys ;> It's coming along. Have to finish putting on the ceramic blanket and build the insulating door and the spark screen now that the supplies have arrived. Fired the oven a couple times to make pizza. The firestop caulking is kind of smelly when hot.. hopefully that goes away with some use. The flue catches about 99% of the exhaust from the oven although the other day I had a much bigger fire and some fumes were escaping out the front but it was just a little and when the oven was still pretty cold. I prefer to fire with smaller fires and just give it time to heat properly anyway. Have to upload some photos of my latest cooking adventures!

[ctw]

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Nice Job!!!!

[George_M]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

Nice oven Tonyp!
Good job

[Tonyp]

Re: 40" Indoor Pompeii in NNY

So far so good.. Roasted some split cornish game hen tonight. Started the oven on charcoal and some small sticks when it was up around 350 put in the hens and slowly added more wood. Had a small sized fire going and was hitting around 660 at the top of the dome by the time the birds were done, 90 min. later. Glazed them with a peach sauce with some herbs butter and sherry. Rotated the pan every 15 min. or so.

I let the fire burn down after the birds came out. Haven't brought it to pizza temperature yet. That will be tomorrow night!