I have spent the summer cutting my stock of fire brick and I am now turning my attention to placing my oven floor on the hearth.
Having had previous useful comments and suggestions I have considered my next steps and have settled of the the following - all comments and suggestions welcome
I intend placing fire brick in herring bone pattern but placed on their edge which will give a fire brick height of 4.5” for the oven floor on top of the 100mm ceramic fibre board. Although using more fire brick my thinking is that this will provide further insulation and this build is in Ireland.
Final question, I haven’t decided but I will either tile the remaining hearth or lay polished granite to butt against the protruding oven floor. I would see the granite being about 1-2” below the level of the oven floor. Do I need to leave a gap for floor expansion against the granite?
Any comments of approval or suggested improvements are welcome.
Having had previous useful comments and suggestions I have considered my next steps and have settled of the the following - all comments and suggestions welcome
- I intend placing a layer of glazed cheap ceramic tiles covering the footprint of my oven floor. These will have a drainage gap between them and weep holes through to the wood store below.
- I intend placing 100mm (approx 4”) of Ceramic fibre board on top of the ceramic tiles. The weep holes to match those below.
- Trimmed to the size of the exterior walls of the dome?
- Extended to cover an area beyond the width of the exterior walls of the dome plus the width of dome insulation and final rendering
I intend placing fire brick in herring bone pattern but placed on their edge which will give a fire brick height of 4.5” for the oven floor on top of the 100mm ceramic fibre board. Although using more fire brick my thinking is that this will provide further insulation and this build is in Ireland.
Final question, I haven’t decided but I will either tile the remaining hearth or lay polished granite to butt against the protruding oven floor. I would see the granite being about 1-2” below the level of the oven floor. Do I need to leave a gap for floor expansion against the granite?
Any comments of approval or suggested improvements are welcome.
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