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Hey John
Thanks again for the compliments. About the grass...when we first moved into this place it would take me three hours to mow with a push mower and that was killing me. Thankfully my bro-in-law was getting rid of a great riding lawn mower and now I get weed whacking and mowing all down in a n hour.
Back to the oven. I scored 7' of 10" metalbestos insulated chimney flue from a friend and boy is it huge. It did not come with an anchor plate so $83 later I have one and now I had the challenge of putting such a large flue on a chimney vent that I wasn't planning on being quite so big. I did all the brick work today but I don't have any pics yet so you will just have to be patient till I get them up. My existing plan for the flue was already wide enough but not deep enough so I had to get creative with how I am making this work. I had to go from 13" deep to 18" and I did it in two courses of bricks, with the back side absorbing most of it and the front of the chimney with two layers of 1" overhang each. I figured that the back will just join into the dome once I get insulation and my outer layer of perlcrete put on so let's hope it all works out in some sort of presentable way.
So I was in Arlington, VA last week for some training and I went to the Fire Works Pizza. It is a true wood fired pizza joint and their oven was pretty massive. When I looked at it I counted 10 pizzas in there and still room for more. It was pretty impressive. I estimated it had to be at least six to eight feet across. The result was pretty good as well. The group I was there with are coming to my place for a pizza party in the next few weeks so I hope I didn't set the bar too high by taking them to Fire Works before we eat at my place.
Like I said, I will get pics up as soon as I can. I am excited to see how the new (for me) flue draws. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Nate
Thanks again for the compliments. About the grass...when we first moved into this place it would take me three hours to mow with a push mower and that was killing me. Thankfully my bro-in-law was getting rid of a great riding lawn mower and now I get weed whacking and mowing all down in a n hour.
Back to the oven. I scored 7' of 10" metalbestos insulated chimney flue from a friend and boy is it huge. It did not come with an anchor plate so $83 later I have one and now I had the challenge of putting such a large flue on a chimney vent that I wasn't planning on being quite so big. I did all the brick work today but I don't have any pics yet so you will just have to be patient till I get them up. My existing plan for the flue was already wide enough but not deep enough so I had to get creative with how I am making this work. I had to go from 13" deep to 18" and I did it in two courses of bricks, with the back side absorbing most of it and the front of the chimney with two layers of 1" overhang each. I figured that the back will just join into the dome once I get insulation and my outer layer of perlcrete put on so let's hope it all works out in some sort of presentable way.
So I was in Arlington, VA last week for some training and I went to the Fire Works Pizza. It is a true wood fired pizza joint and their oven was pretty massive. When I looked at it I counted 10 pizzas in there and still room for more. It was pretty impressive. I estimated it had to be at least six to eight feet across. The result was pretty good as well. The group I was there with are coming to my place for a pizza party in the next few weeks so I hope I didn't set the bar too high by taking them to Fire Works before we eat at my place.
Like I said, I will get pics up as soon as I can. I am excited to see how the new (for me) flue draws. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Nate
. Bottom line is that a tarp wrap will be your cheapest and most reliable method to protect your oven for just one winter.
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