Northwest PA 36" oven build

[Fiano]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Love the round concrete and pillar style your got going tell me is the 6 in insulation the norm ?
How big is the ovens inner diameter
What is the height on the oven floor from the patio ?
Thanks

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

No IT... at least not yet. I do have a floor template, just forgot to put it in when I started today.

[Gulf]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

No IT... at least not yet. I do have a floor template, just forgot to put it in when I started today.

The IT, will make life easier as you progress .

[kanoer54]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Looking great so far. Your patio is very impressive. Lots of forethought and hard work. You may want to put some blue tape over your cardbaoard covering your floor to reduce the mortar between the dome and the floor. Ashes will fill the joint rather than mortar droppings. Keep posting pics. Winter is just around the corner.
jon

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Finished chain #5 today in the rain



Made the entry arch template and placed a few brick pieces I had laying around just too see how the arch might shape up. Still have some work to do on the arch but... its starting to look more and more like an oven.



As I was standing in the kitchen cleaning up after working outside all day I could not help taking one last picture. This is going to be the perfect placement for this oven. I can keep an eye on the fire from the kitchen window while doing prep I can almost smell the wood smoke

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Managed to get the entry arch finished today. I'll take the form off tomorrow and see if she stays up. Going to be slower progress for the next few days. Hoping to do a chain a night if I can find some time.

[Fiano]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Looks good !

[Novaslo]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

You are building this at record pace....keep it up and you will be cooking in no time. Just get it completely done before you start cooking lol. Once you cook in it, your finish speed will be greatly affected

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Finally got past the entry arch tonight (chain 7 finished). Pretty excited that side to side i'm within 1/8" of being level. Not too bad for not using an IT.



Hope to spend a few hours tomorrow night and most of the day Saturday working on the dome. I think I'll be able to close it up in less than a week. Not sure how I'm going to support the last few chains of the dome as I have not needed the IT and can't see myself making one as far as I have gotten without one.

Now if I could just decide how to finish off the oven. To build an enclosure or not... I see it finished in my head both ways and can't decide which one I like best.

[kanoer54]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Looking really good so far and at a record pace. It's hard to tell from the pics but it appears the sides of your arch are leaning outwards. You may want to check it more closely and maybe consider some butress on the sides of your arch. better safe than sorry later.

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Arch is not leaning. Its just the cheap lens on smartphone

Thinking of flying buttresses

[Greenman]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

The arch should be stabilised by the dome that it intersects with. The outer arch is where the buttress is needed.

Looking good.

[kanoer54]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Greenman is correct. My error....sorry for the confusion.

[Gulf]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Please forgive me, if I am wrong, for adding more confusion. But, from the pics, I don't see much "tying in" of the inner arch and the dome going on here .

[GianniFocaccia]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Gulf, I agree, I think there is some, but not much. Any vertical-sided entryway will benefit from buttressing as well, particularly if there is any considerable weight on it.