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  • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

    Thanks for the info Dino. Your pics and advice are such a huge help.
    Thread: http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/g...land-8759.html

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    • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

      "Stonehaus" is nearly finished. I didn't have enough stones to do the entire back side so I did the sides and bottom and will us Surface Bonding Cement to fill it in. No one will go back there but me. I still need to grout bag all the joints which will "soften" the whole look of it. I grouted the few stones directly under the counter in this pic below so you can see what it will eventually look like.


      2nd pic is the back. I only stoned the bottom half.


      And the over all look from the front. Man...this stone work was tougher than the oven itself. Maybe I spent too much time trying a dozen pieces in every direction to find the right one for that spot. Anyway, it's almost done.


      -Dino
      "Life is a banquet and most poor sons-of-bitches are starving to death." -Auntie Mame

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      My Oven Costs Spreadsheet
      http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...BF19875Rnp84Uw


      My Oven Thread
      http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/d...arts-5883.html

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      • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

        Beautifully done and a real asset for the whole community!!

        Congratulations

        Sincerely

        Chris

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        • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

          Well done, Dino. I really like the stone, slate, and copper combination! (of course i'm partial!)
          Mike - Saginaw, MI

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          • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

            Very nice, Dino!!
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            • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

              Excellent work Dino, now your going to need to take up surfing or something to fill up your spare time. Great job!!!
              Eric

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              • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

                Looking great! I do remember the jigsaw puzzle aspect of trying many different stones to see what fits best. You start naming them after awhile... And yes, all the remaining stones were relegated to the unseen rear of the oven.

                Great work Dino and way to persevere.

                Bill
                Bill

                Oven Build: https://goo.gl/photos/rN6FhFSS2jzwfQuB7

                Oven cooking: https://photos.app.goo.gl/1vmPg7XXSbMwhdnD6

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                • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

                  Looks Great Dino,
                  I can't imagine being "Finished" with the oven. I have done some fairly large scale indoor projects and not one of them is "Finished." But, I have confidence that you will actually finish it. Then what?
                  dave
                  Album: http://picasaweb.google.com/fornososo/Pizza#

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                  • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

                    Wow, Dino, it's too pretty to use!

                    As soon as this weekend is over (humongous grad party for my oldest) I'm using the SBC to cover my oven and the places I had to repair. Let me know how it is to use....
                    Elizabeth

                    http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/e...html#post41545

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                    • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

                      Sorry Elizabeth, I'm the king of slow around here. I probably wont get to the SBC for 2 weeks so I'll be counting on your experience for my success .

                      Thanks for the nice comments everybody.

                      It's funny how many of my friends thought the oven was "done" when I had the cement board screwed on. They'll be really impressed when it's totally finished.

                      You guys make a good point: what to do after the wo-fo. I'll leave the surfing to you Eric. I've got a 40 sq ft koi/lilly pond I want rip out this summer and dig a bigger one, 3-4 times the size. I think with my new found experience of mortaring in stones into impossible places, I could maybe even build a decent waterfall feature. Someone else is doing a pond-liner water feature now...have to look up my subscribed threads. He's doing (same time as oven building) what I'd like to do. I could also sit around and eat pizza all weekend hmmm....

                      Thanks, Dino
                      "Life is a banquet and most poor sons-of-bitches are starving to death." -Auntie Mame

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                      My Oven Costs Spreadsheet
                      http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...BF19875Rnp84Uw


                      My Oven Thread
                      http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/d...arts-5883.html

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                      • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

                        Bill (bbell) I forgot how much my ovens turning out like yours (Mike's too). I just checked your pics out again and your oven is beautiful.

                        I like your door alot. I'm going to make a similar design and screw wood on it too (that matches my eaves). Is that high-heat cloth around the door? Is it there for cushioning as well as sealing? Is it glued on? Hey, thanks again
                        "Life is a banquet and most poor sons-of-bitches are starving to death." -Auntie Mame

                        View My Picasa Web Album UPDATED oct
                        http://picasaweb.google.com/Dino747?feat=directlink


                        My Oven Costs Spreadsheet
                        http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...BF19875Rnp84Uw


                        My Oven Thread
                        http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/d...arts-5883.html

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                        • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

                          I built a pond at my house in Santa Cruz, Ca. Great project with a biofalls, liner and lots of stones. Can't give you any resources in So Ca, but, once a year, they had a pond tour every year in Santa Cruz where you could see a lot of different ponds all at one time. We had a lot of fun building and landscaping ours. The one piece of advice would be... to get a good liner supplier who can show you how to handle the liner installation. There is no , masonry work with a liner, just dry stack Have fun!!
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                          • Re: Dino's 42" Pizza Oven Starts

                            We have a 1500 gallon water garden with koi and have been on (and in) the "Parade of Ponds" in Denver several times. It is a great way to get ideas, but here it is usually in the late summer. Ours is the Aquascape method with rocks in the pond, a bio-falls and a skimmer. One of the big arguments against this method (almost a brand of ponds really) is the lack of a "bottom drain". A bottom drain allows you to change some of the pond water (and clean out the koi waste) occasionally. This weekend is "pond clean out weekend"...<sarcasm>very exciting</sarcasm>. A day of heavy labor and nasty muck, and a beautiful pond, plants and koi the rest of the year. But if we had a bottom drain, we would not need to deal with that at all...

                            Did I mention you should add a bottom drain?



                            Drake
                            My Oven Thread:
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                            • Re: Dino's 42&quot; Pizza Oven Starts

                              Drake - do you put the Koi waste on your veggie garden?

                              if not - you should!
                              my father uses his bottom drain () to flood irrigate his veggie garden when cleaning...
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                              My 2nd Build:
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                              • Re: Dino's 42&quot; Pizza Oven Starts

                                Very nice build Dino, and very nice Water Gardens. I am a pond builder, and seriously miss having one in my flat yard. I was on tours at my last house, a 2 pond system with a tiny river between them. I have a water feature in mind, just need to finish what is started. Old pics:



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