Oven cladding?

[UtahBeehiver]

What do you define as cladding? Mortar, stucco, brick, tile, perlite or vermuclite/concrete mix? In any case, good insulation on the dome and under the floor is critical for a good performing oven. By heat blanket, I am assuming CaSi fiber blanket, which does not have to be covered "If" your oven is in an enclosed structure and fastened securely to the dome.

[mleuck]

When building the Pompeii oven, has anyone used cladding over the entire oven? Or, if not, have you used only the heat blanket?

Thank you

Michael