MY NEW 42"OVEN BUILD.

[ivancito]

Guys not sure whats going on but I wrote 2 post yesterday and I don't see them as posted today. Anyone have this issue also?
thanks
Ivan

[RandyJ]

Jr is right. It is crazy how much space the stuff takes up. I borrowed a neighbors trailer when I got my insulation as I could only fit 1 box in the back of the jeep I use to have.

Randy

[JRPizza]

Ivancito, I went with 5" of insblok, as with my 39 inch oven I was able to get my dome to fit on 2 boxes worth (I went right up to the edges). The two boxes of board and 3 boxes of insulation totally filled the back of my little Toyota PU. If you decide to get your blanket at the same time make sure your not driving something too small.

[MeBeMarc3]

Ivancito,
Great start! I read that you were in Mass. I am a fellow New Englander in the Portland, Maine area. I too am a bit nervous to see what mother nature is going to do to my oven this winter. I started early enough that I am trying to button things up before the snow flies. I am a landscape contractor. i do a lot of stonework but never vertical brickwork. The extra considerations due to the extreme heat have slowed me down. I just want to get it right the first time. I will be following your progress. Good luck!
Marc

[ivancito]

JRPizza thanks for the info, I will be going online to there site (harbison walker) to check it out. I have been in that area several times visiting the conn. wine trail. Looks like its time for another winery visit,
thanks
again.

[ivancito]

Novaslo its very obvious that you take great pride in your wfo, the amount of different foods you have been able to cook in your oven is awesome. I also signed up to your cooking site, great job again.
Ncman thanks for the advise on covering up the base slab, I have been busy with my honeys to do list and my projects had to suffer for it, will get right on that asap.
thanks for looking out guys!

[Novaslo]

Novaslo thanks a bunch for your response, and yes I definitely was intending on using the FB Insblock19 under my brick floor, just haven't found any dealers who sell it in my local area.
Im really considering stopping my WFO build for now cause winters on its way and would rather strart back up next spring. This gives me a chance to see how my floating slab survives any
frost heave issues.
I will be however working on my IT and buying my bricks and HB saw and maybe even playing around with different arch mock ups. Also intend on staying connected to this forum and following
other member builds.

Good to do some mock ups. I wish I would have. I get in too much of a hurry and with little time, I usually try an accomplish too much in one day. What I would do differently from my build is that I would have gone with a cylindrical arch instead of squared off. My saw was not able to cut the bricks appropriately which caused me to go the route that I did. The curved arch is the best design and does not need to be buttressed as a squared off arch needs to be. Plan your flu entry nice and large so that all the smoke enters properly.

I have not stopped cooking in mine and the "New toy" has not lost its luster more than a year later.

[NCMan]

Ivan.......if you haven't already done so, I recommend getting some dirt up around the edges of your base slab to help protect it from the frost.

[JRPizza]

I bought my Insblok from AHN refractories (Harbison Walker). They have a distributor in Westhaven CT, which Google says is about 94 miles from Ware. If you are up for a road trip or going to be in the area you could save on shipping costs. I had to drive half that far to pick up mine, and got some of their Inswool blanket while I was there to make it worth the trip. What I saved in shipping pretty much paid for my blankets.

[UtahBeehiver]

SInce you are having a hard time with Insblok you can look for ThermoGold 12 which is CaSi board product as well. Here is a PDF on the properties.

[ivancito]

Here is a pic of my driveway up to my house. The snow banks were ridiculous this past winter. We got over 6' of snow in February alone.

[ivancito]

I had to put in a 250' drain at the back of my tree line to try and divert water away from my wfo slab. This was done this spring after all the snow melt we had.

[ivancito]

Novaslo thanks a bunch for your response, and yes I definitely was intending on using the FB Insblock19 under my brick floor, just haven't found any dealers who sell it in my local area.
Im really considering stopping my WFO build for now cause winters on its way and would rather strart back up next spring. This gives me a chance to see how my floating slab survives any
frost heave issues.
I will be however working on my IT and buying my bricks and HB saw and maybe even playing around with different arch mock ups. Also intend on staying connected to this forum and following
other member builds.

[Novaslo]

You are doing a fantastic job. Just a suggestion. Turn off you Caps Lock. It is considered yelling. Easy to fix.

Being that you got so far with you base, with little input.....just make sure you go down the track of having insulation under your dome. None of the brick, actually nothing should touch the base or it will "wick" heat.

You are on your way.

[ivancito]

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHERE IN MASSACHUSETTS I CAN BUY ENOUGH INSBLOCK 19 FOR A 42" OVEN.
THANKS
IVAN