Justin Pompeii

[amber]

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Looking good!

[Justin]

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Did a couple more courses today, started using 1/4 bricks as well. Im a bit worried about this thing staying together now as the bricks are almost vertical.

[amber]

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Don't worry, the rest of us have been there, too. Just keep the forms in until everything is dry. Looking good!

[christo]

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Great advice.

My arch collapse was likely a result of me removing the forms way too early.

The oven looks great - you are really close now.

Any special plans for the keystone?

Christo

[amber]

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Belive me, Christo, I wanted to take them out about 10 minutes after the Keystone was in place. Dad (who at 62 is somewhat less excitable than I) made us wait a whole day. It was agony. Now I'm glad he did, but at that point I had to go home to keep from touching it.

[Gryso]

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Ok, i finished stacking blocks today and cut up all the rebar. i will pour the concret in the cores tomorrow. Did i mention im doing all this after work each day..soo very tired. haha.

Ma non ci mettete voi la malta tra un blocco e l'altro?

Strano metodo....

Ciao

[Justin]

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Sorry i havnt posted any updates for a while. So i will summarise what ive been up to for the last couple of weeks

I finished the dome and covered the main dome part with 2 layers of insulating blanket, the inner one was about 1 inch (25mm) thick and the outer is about 1/2 inch (12mm) thick with a thick aluminum coating. I layered these on the dome and sealed the joins with aluminum tape, this way the insulating concrete liquid will not seep into the blanket

I then boxed up around the base of the dome ready for insulating concrete, for this i used a product called Shiralite.

[Justin]

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I have now finished the insulation then attached inner and outer chimney flu and front veneer bricks. So now i need to render the dome with coloured concrete render and float the top slab up the level of top of floor bricks. I lit the first fire yesterday and nothing cracked or exploded, even at 100-150Deg C for about 1 hour.

[Justin]

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And a couple more photos..

[amber]

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Justin - Looks great! You've made a lot of progress.

[christo]

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Wow- Great progress!!!

Thanks for the pics

Christo

[egalecki]

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Very nice, Justin. It feels great to light that fire, doesn't it! Even better when the dome stays up when you do!

[Modthyrth]

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Gorgeous work! I really like the form you made for the insulating concrete layer. I only used blanket, but I've read so many times about that lower part being the most difficult. Nice solution.

[Justin]

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Ive been offline for quite a while, but i thought i would add a couple more photos for the sake of completeness, i made the door for wood storage area last weekend, the wood was given to me by a relative for burning in the oven but i thought it had character, lol.
Since completion i have cooked around 100 pizzas and a few roasts and bread etc, i absolutely love it!

[gjbingham]

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Nice build Justin. The oven turned out really well. Thanks for the final pics. They make for a nice ending to the story.
G.