Acoma 42" Tuscan

[Acoma]

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I finished preparing the Hearth for pour. I also purchased copper tubing for the hearth area where I will require two locations for floor brick heat saturation readings. I will go with 5 locations, 2-floor, 2-wall, 1-cieling. I have also decided that my digial reader will be located on the right wall. Unfortunately my wife has my digital camera so I cannot take a photo until tomorrow. Pour will happen Monday! After numerous checks and balances, I am perfectly level all around. For this fime of year here, this is AWESOME. As I get more accomplished I realize how HUGE this oven is going to be. Lots of entertaining family and friends. I would like to plan a party for the regional Oven Builders next summer to celebrate the friendships and hard work that we have gone through over time. That will be planned later.

[asudavew]

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As I get more accomplished I realize how HUGE this oven is going to be. Lots of entertaining family and friends.

Oh.. it will be big!

Great job so far Acoma!

Can't wait to see your hearth and a little brick laying.

How's the weather holding out?
I've been cooking in the rain with an umbrella all night.

Fun though!

[Acoma]

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Dave, 10-20 degrees at night, low forty's for the day. My wife actually gave me the green light to pour the slab tomorrow morning.

[Acoma]

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Well, it took me long enough (patience) to start adding pictures to my thread. Here is the latest. Tomorrow will have final pre-pour photo, then a post pour photo.

[dusty]

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Acoma,
Would love to show you my progress when you come to town. And as I said, my house is quite near the brick yard so it won't be out of your way at all. You're stand looks great! Seems you will be ready for bricks real soon.

dusty

[Ken524]

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Robert,

I just got back from our Thanksgiving travels. Your work looks great! You are going to have a dynamite backyard (love the deck).

I know I'm a bit late in response; I'm also a member of the "no thermal-couple" crowd. I also plan on baking bread (and whatever else I can dream of). I'm going to use FB's infrared thermometer for pizza and a regular old oven thermometer from a kitchen store for the low temp dishes like bread.

You mentioned that you needed the thermo-couples for baking bread? The folks in NM have been cooking bread in Horno's for centuries without thermocouples, right?

The pic below is a Horno at Bandelier National Monument, NM. Seeing these great ovens is one of the reasons we are building the Pompeii.

[Acoma]

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Ken, funny about bread ovens and N.M. My mother-in-law laughed when I mentioned the thermocouples, and about people not wanting to build their ovens during winter. She said the for hundreds of years their ancestors got it done...so do it! I said o.k. I will still be using the thermocouples for piece of mind. Call it overkill.
I just finished the pouring of my hearth, and will remove the framing tomorrow..Call me Mr. Winter because I will be working slow and steady throughout. I want Spring Pizza!

[Les]

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Looks great Robert!! Good luck with the winter - woke up to 16 deg. on Saturday. My hands can't handle those kind of temps.

Les...

[Ken524]

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I will still be using the thermocouples for piece of mind. Call it overkill.

Nothing wrong with overkill. They will be fun to play with.

I just finished the pouring of my hearth, and will remove the framing tomorrow.

No hurry on removing the forms! I'd let it cure for a few days (even a week) before going near them. They aren't hurting anything and you can continue work on the vermiculite or SuperIsol.

[dusty]

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Acoma, ol' buddy ol' pal...I'm trying to figure out the "quote" thing but can't seem to figure it out. Could you please explain? Wanted to comment on you're response to your mother-in-law, but no luck. Anyway, I've discovered that "O.K." is the right answer.

dusty

[asudavew]

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Acoma, ol' buddy ol' pal...I'm trying to figure out the "quote" thing but can't seem to figure it out. Could you please explain? Wanted to comment on you're response to your mother-in-law, but no luck. Anyway, I've discovered that "O.K." is the right answer.

dusty

Just click on quote instead of post reply... look in the bottom right hand corner of someone else's post. There will be a box with quote in it.
I hope this helps dusty.


dave

[dusty]

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Just click on quote instead of post reply... look in the bottom right hand corner of someone else's post. There will be a box with quote in it.
I hope this helps dusty.


dave

What if I want to respond to one little thing, not the whole message?

dusty

[asudavew]

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What if I want to respond to one little thing, not the whole message?

dusty

Then I leave the quote tabs in and just delete what I don't want...

"QUOTE=dusty;20057] [/QUOTE" I took the first bar and last bar out here, but these are the html codes for quote. Anything in between the quote markers will be quoted. .. Just delete the stuff you don't want in there.

Hard to explain.. I hope this makes sense.

[dusty]

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Hard to explain.. I hope this makes sense.

I kinda git it. Here's my try.

Ah Ha! Thanks Dave. I owe ya. I had to preview post four or five times, but I think I got it.

dusty

[Acoma]

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Ken, it will be about a week before I address the SuperIsol. As for forms. I removed the perimeter boards only. No issues, curing fine. As for underneath, that will not happen for a week. I want absolute solidity. The hearth appears to be level as needed, and shape up front looks great. Similar to your half moon.
We may have a decent storm coming this weekend, in which case my Sac trip to check out bricks may be delayed. I will end up ordering the Refmix this week from FB. Dusty, .75 each? Great shape? Keep yours going.