East London pizza oven and grill

[Neil.B]

Had a result today...600ltrs of (new)vermiculite for £30. Amazon sell it for £40 for 100ltr.
Should keep me going for a while.

[Neil.B]

Looking good. Great idea with the time capsule. Also like your design. Look forward to seeing it complete.

Thanks Russ.
I wish I had thought of the time capsule before, it was a last minute thing and a bit wasted. It should be interesting for someone to find in years to come.

I'm looking forward to it being finished too, as it's all in my head

[russ randolph]

Looking good. Great idea with the time capsule. Also like your design. Look forward to seeing it complete.

[Neil.B]

Also trimmed up the inner arch brick to try and be inline with the 3rd row.

[Neil.B]

Bit more done at the weekend.

[Neil.B]

Got more done today. My back is killing me as I have little room to work in.

[Neil.B]

Thanks Barry. Good luck with your build.

[Baza]

You're going for it mate!! Well done!!
I read often that the 'variances' you notice will not be noticed by others and the thing will cook a treat!
I"m REALLY counting on that too! HA!

Good on you!
Keep going!!
Barry

[Neil.B]

Bit more done. Took about 2 hours to cut the first part of the arch, i think it had 4 different angled cuts.
Bricks not perfect but trying to use all the bricks. I can get 6 bricks out of one.

[Neil.B]

[Neil.B]

Two and a half hours later I have the first row.
I made a very simple IT with bits laying around and will add some addons when I start the second row.
There's quite a bit of gap around the edge as the base wasn't perfectly circular.
The 12"x6" bricks were cut in to three, so the first row is 6" high x 4" deep.

[skelly27]

I think you are over thinking the arch.
On some cardboard (or simular) decide how wide you want it and mark the middle, then use the same from the top down. Then use some string or wood the same width as from the centre to edge and draw an arc.
This is your final template.
Then decide how high do you want the arch from the floor. Cut some timber and fix to the template.
place it were the final arch will be, and stand back and next to it to visualise how it will look. I made the arch lower than the bottom of the hearth to allow some rows of bricks above.
My left arch is slightly flatter as the width is wider and the arc was to high, the bricks above would not of lined up.
The left arch starts at five bricks high, i then decided I wanted the hearth higher, so the middle and left arch is 6 bricks high.
Once you are happy transfer to a solid template.
Build your sides flat up to the bottom of your template. The final row will need a brick cut at an angle(I used 45 degrees). Remember to cut you timber slightly shorter to allow wedges underneath for easy removal of template.

If you want to be really accurate then use the following site. I will be using it when building the 8' arch above the grill.
https://www.blocklayer.com/masonry-arch.aspx

Lovely, thanks for all that. Very helpful.

[david s]

Sorry, I was replying to your post #34 and assumed that was your progress to date.

[Neil.B]

Neil, before pouring the concrete for your supporting slab, consider casting in some weep/drain holes near the centre where the oven floor will be. This assists in drying moisture from the underfloor insulation. Some foam or polystyrene places as you pour is pretty easy to remove.

Thanks Dave but I have already poured or was your comment for skelly27

[david s]

Neil, before pouring the concrete for your supporting slab, consider casting in some weep/drain holes near the centre where the oven floor will be. This assists in drying moisture from the underfloor insulation. Some foam or polystyrene places as you pour is pretty easy to remove.