West jordan Ut new build.

[Roland Deschain]

Dang that sucks about the dents.

[JRPizza]

I hope you have better luck than I did with my pipe - the first two shipments I got were badly dented. They were good about sending replacements though and I still have one with a big dent I need to get rid of. They would have been OK maybe if I was building an enclosure but not exposed like mine are.

[Roland Deschain]

Fun stuff. Now im waiting for my chimney stuff to show up from menards. The cap is coming soon but the stuff I need like the anchor plate and pipe is on order. Hopefully soon, yet I still have to be patient. And while I wait I can look at the pretty cap. And figure out how to make the flue chamber.

[agrasyuk]

Great build!
hopefully I will be on the dome stage soon too.

[Roland Deschain]

Thanks for the advice. I am planning on, "the more space the better", aproach on the smoke chamber. Im going to do a 8 inch double wall flue. I know people have sq inch area per flue size minimums. Ill have to search the forum first to get the min. And then build it bigger. I do not want the smoked stain front look on a build if i can help it.

Im planning on building walls around the oven. Is there a reason the fb plans call for steel studs and cement board? Is it a fire issue or something else? Im not seeing how wood is a bad thing if the oven is well insulated and the flue is away from any combustibles. Just curious.

[Novaslo]

Your build looks great Roland. As you prepare the front entry of your oven, make sure to build enough volume area in your entry to the flu to allow for all of the smoke to enter. If you don't build it in a way where the smoke can gather and go up into the pipe, it will come out the front of your oven. You might already know this....so disregard, if you do. Keep it up. Cooking starts soon.

[R. Barton]

Roland, looks great!

[Roland Deschain]

More pictures.
If anyone is curious, I spent 35 hours just working on the floor and dome, and a total of 56 hours starting from the cinderblock portion.

[Roland Deschain]

Finished courses 10,11,12,and keystone plug today

[Roland Deschain]

Closing in. Closing in. Gravity, You will not win!

[thevance53@gmail.com]

It gets a little tougher as you go up and the bevel and angles increase. Just cut 4 or 5 pieces to verify you can make your radius without too big of gaps or overhangs and stay with it. Seems like you are moving very fast, so should have the dome enclosed in no time.

[Roland Deschain]

Any advice on the next courses?

Ive been using half brick up to this point. Ive cut each brick on one side to eliminate and inverted v.

[Roland Deschain]

I worked on one course today before the weather gets bad, i.e. it is suppose to get very windy. I grinded the arch transition a little bit before laying down the course.

[thevance53@gmail.com]

Looking good. I am just down the road in Riverton and finished mine just before winter, so let me know if you have any questions or even want to look at my semi-finished product. Looks like you have most of it under control. Mike

[Roland Deschain]

Hard day today figuring out arch to dome transition. I took a lot of creative licensing.