Ellie's WFO as it it built

[Jed]

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Hi Ellie,

Man, your project is looking very nice! Keep up the good work..

JED

[exceloven]

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WOW! What else is there say.

Mark

[Ellie]

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We are getting there!

[Ellie]

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Yikes! Well, I hope the storm is as mild mannered as I am!!

Ellie

[nissanneill]

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Hey Ellie,
did you realise that you are making a real storm up over here in Australia.
Yep, the whole of Australia and especially those people in norther Queensland are nervously looking at a cyclone forming called , you guessed it, ELLIE!!!!
That is one way to get known.

Neill

[Ellie]

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Yeah, we are going to add insulation over the oven and then wire and more goopy stuff. Then brick on top of that!!

Ellie

[egalecki]

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Nice job. Be sure to use plenty of insulation and then add more to that! You can't add it after you've covered it up!

A well insulated oven is a happy oven...

[gjbingham]

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Cool! He did a nice job! She'll burn pizza's just fine!

[Ellie]

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Here is the dome. We are going to put insulation over this and more goop and then a layer of red paver brick. Now, I don't know what this will look like, but should give it enough insulation for sure



Ellie

[Ellie]

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I looked at the plans and it appears that he is doing it the same way the plans show the pictures. I know he is following the size of the oven carefully, so it should be ok. It is really taking shape. I love the look of it already!!


Ellie

[Dino_Pizza]

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What a cool shaped dome! I like it. Nice progress too. It's fun seeing something take shape so fast. Can't wait to see the arches done. Thanks for posting pics...Dino

[gjbingham]

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I wouldn't sweat it. The oven will perform fine. I might be wrong (OK, I've been wrong at least once or twice), if he follows the forms which look to be based on the circumfrence of the oven, then the dome will likely be correct. He's been doing this stuff for a long, long time - you don't stay in a biz for decades if you suck at it. No one would hire you.

It doesn't worry me too much from what I see on your pics. A couple of inches either way will not greatly affect the performance.

[nissanneill]

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Hi Ellie, me again and on the ball,
the only thing that I can pick (and I'm not looking for faults, only observations) is that he has put full length soldier bricks on top of your hearth bricks. That is OK but (and I am not sure of the FB plans) I would have put either the full soldier bricks on the base insulation layer and then put my hearth up to these (as I did in mine) OR use half sized soldier bricks and place them as he has on top of your hearth.
The only thing this does is to reduce your dome height when trying to keep it hemispherical. Your dome will now be 4 1/2" higher unless you are deliberately going to change the semicircular shape to suit.
You must be getting excited to see it progress at such a rate. He only goes to prove my belief that the dome, hearth and entry can be done in a couple of good days work.
Can you almost smell those pizzas and roasts with a touch of bread already???

Cheers.

Neill

[Ellie]

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Dale had two days that he had prior commitments but look, he is back!





Ellie

[Ellie]

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The bricks are a yellowish color and I think it is just that I took the picture late in the day when I got home. They are really pretty though.

I was wrong, in looking this morning, they are not a dry fit... they are actually pasted in there. I didn't see that last evening.

Ellie