Northwest PA 36" oven build

[Fiano]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Looks good !

[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.

[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

[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

[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 .

[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.

[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

[Gulf]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Very nice! start there Scott,
Are you using an IT! Throw a little dry sand on it, or cut some cardboard to fit your floor. As the courses increase, so does the dropped mortar .

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Made some progress today. I'm definitely no bricklayer. But I'm getting the job done and having fun in the process.





Hoping to get the dome finished in less than two weeks. I'm racing the weather... I figure I only have 6-8 weeks till the snow starts to fly

[william]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Hi
I read further in your posts and watched the you tube video
thanks Bill

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Nice job, did you mortar the space between the bricks after they set up to get that look.

On the patio? If so its not brick, its stenciled concrete.

[william]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Nice job, did you mortar the space between the bricks after they set up to get that look.

[UtahBeehiver]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

your cruising right along....

[scottwr]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Oven floor in place.



Hopefully tonight I'll make enough time to get the first two chains of brick in place.

[Laurentius]

Re: Northwest PA 36" oven build

Scott,

My mistake, now I see that your hearth is not in place on the supports, but you just laid it out. Keep on keeping on.