7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

[UtahBeehiver]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

I left about 1/4 - 3/8" gap to the outside of my double wall SS chimney but I did end up putting mortar in the gap. No issue with expansion due to double wall pipe but could be different with single wall. BTW nice chimney/vent transition.

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Thanks Russell I made the cut it was the size around the bottom part if the plate I left a small gap anyway here's the pic

[UtahBeehiver]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

I did run some high temp sealant under the anchor plate to seal against smoke migration.

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

i got everything mortared together just ran out of mix for the anchor plate so il just use the high temp seal i used on the heat break to set it tomorrow looks a little crazy from the outside but everything is tied in and hopefuly strong and none of this will be seen

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Hi guys I've had a long spell away from the oven due to what life can throw at you and then the winter hit so I covered up the oven with tarps and yesterday finaly striped them off my temporary roof took a good hammering so I took that down too. So I thought while I have the chance I would start to do a few curing fires my mortar has now had months to do its own curing so do I still need to follow the curing regime from the plans? I took the fire to 300f today for an hour or so but something came up I had to go out and had to let it die. Also do I need to let the oven cool completely before the next raised temp fire? Really looking forward to getting going on the oven again it's been to long!

This is the first time my oven has seen fire I think it liked it!

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

I got another fire going this morning hopefully be able to keep this one going for 6 hours I dry stacked a few fire on the chimney to get a bit of a draw my chimney will be about 3 times higher when finished and theses few dry stacked ones are working a treat not much smoke out the front at all I used a mix off soft wood a little Apple wood I've been drying and some chucks of oak which have just perfumed my garden beautifully and me!

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Bellowing like a good 'n'

[Gulf]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Congratulations Lee,

I know that you are not going to waiste all of that wood on drying the oven alone. What's for lunch? Enjoy the oven .

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Thanks gulf and you are right that smell was too much not to cook on so I dragged some embers to the front and started a Bolognese see how it turns out

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Make shit door made left to cook for 2 hours thermometer reading 368f when door on . Didn't get chance to photo the end product wolfed it down. I've made this dish same recipe for years and this was another level perfect smokey flavour even noticed by my 3 year old. I can see and distantly taste good things from this oven hopefully next fire tomorrow

[NCMan]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Hi Lee. Glad to hear you are enjoying your new oven. I hope things settle down a bit for you now. Welcome back.

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Thanks Carl's it good to be back! Got another fire going last night had the dome well saturated to around 350f on the Ir but had to cut it short as the heavens opened up had to pull the tarp over keep the oven dry did manage to keep fire going for 3 hours though closed up the door and let the heat do its thing and even out. hopefully get another fire in there tonight and take the temp up abit. I am so pleased that I changed my vent as it draws fantastic it's great to look up from underneath the vent to see how the smoke channels up there with nothing coming out the front at all you can see the soot here up the vent and so far the clean outside arch.

[cobblerdave]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

G'day Lee
It's great to hear you come out from winter... Fired up.
It's going to be good to see the results of your outdoor kitchen. You have certainly become the regular little bricklayer now. And you bricklaying skills are certainly going ahead.
Regards dave

[NCMan]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Lee......sounds like you are on your way! Keep us posted, ok? I also love the look of your project. Very nice!

[leetheldc]

Re: 7 years in the waiting i get to start my 42" pompeii

Dave I always hibernate in the winter as a groundworker I've done 15 years of cold winters one of wich was in shorts for the full duration from summer one year to the next for a poor ass bet and my knees nowadays dont warm up until 9 at night! plus my next building stages of the oven are the blanket and verm and I don't trust our winters with any concrete above ground especially on the oven. I do love bricklaying i have bricked up a few manholes and gullys in my time but never anything like this it has bean a total pleasure to build so far though. I'm getting the bug back now Carl so il keep the posts coming I've set up another fire today and not really sure how big it should be as I'm on day 3 ish of the drying should it be bigger guys?