MY NEW 42"OVEN BUILD.

[ivancito]

Some pics of my progress so far. I have the roof ready for asphalt shingles, I had planned on slate but the old slate í have found to be too brittle. I have also used cedar shingles on front and back gables.
Ivan.

[ivancito]

Good advise Gulf !!!
I will plan on adding the louvered vent to the back gable end of my enclosure.
thanks again.
Ivan

[Gulf]

I don't see a problem. It is not really necessary. It is just a little extra insurance. I would install a removable louvered vent, at least, in the back gable. Ventilation is necessary for any structure. From it, if you decide to, you can always add the vermiculite later. If not a a louvered vent in front, a removable decorative piece in the apex would help a bunch.

[ivancito]

Hi everyone, I have been busy with other projects and finally was able to spend some time on my wfo build. I currently have a 4"inch ceramic blanket layered on my dome and 1" around my vent. I know most builds also fill the enclosure with coarse vermiculite but I think I will skip the vermiculite and finish my enclosure. I need to save the cost of the vermiculite and spend it on my roofing materials. Does anyone offer any opinions on my decision. I will post more pics soon.
Ivan

[ivancito]

JR, I plan on leaving it as is for now. Perhaps after a couple winters of snowfalls i can buy a 2' pipe length and switch out the 12" pipe.
Thanks
Ivan

[ivancito]

JR, I havent pulled any permits on this build and i am 25' from my house. I didnt measure but looks like i have at least 18" to the top of my rain cap, oh i am also 250' from my closest neighbor and 1200' from the road. Dont think anyone will be bothered by the smoke.
Thanks for your concerns.
Ivan

[JRPizza]

Ivan, do you have to meet any building codes with your chimney? I didn't need a permit, but non-permitted structures are still expected to meet code (in my county at least) and their code is 2' above the immediate structure, with some additional restrictions regarding structures within 10', which didn't apply to me. I'm going to end up having to add some pipe to mine, as it was closer to the roof than yours was.

[ivancito]

Water and ice shield is on and also the 2x4 boards to nail the soffits.

[ivancito]

More framing on roof and took a break to make 2 great pizzas, chicken bbq and a seafood pizza. Huge diffrence with the blanket on, the oven just begs to be fed.

[ivancito]

Started framing my enclosure and attaching the roof trusses.

[ivancito]

More progress on my build. I was able to put down 4" layer of ceramic blanket.

[ivancito]

You can pack some mortar in there or high heat caulk if you want to, but really it won't affect anything in the long run

Deejayoh thanks for the advise, I found some high temp caulk at my local Lowes store, it is rated for 1200F degrees. I chipped out the loose mortar from back of 2 soldier bricks and filled the space with the caulk.
The homebrew never had a chance to bond properly to the brick surface as it came off clean from the brick.
thanks again.
Ivan

[ivancito]

Still waiting on Menards to ship my rain cap. Improvising with a maple sap bucket, not as nice but doing the job.
Ivan.

[ivancito]

Thanks Guys, í had first noticed a hair line crack after my 4th day of curing and it just kept growing from there on. I will try and grind some out and fill with homebrew. Funny how í was just thinking í had no serious cracks and then this one apeared. Very cool how the dome got cleared, í thought the black soot would never burn off.
Thanks again.
Ivan

[joeykramer]

About these cracks ... If you are doing an igloo or even dog house for that matter , wouldn't smoke escape thru there and into the next layer of insulation and get trapped by the next layer of cement/p-Crete ?? How does one address that ?