John's 42inch Aussie WFO

[Mitchamus]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

make sure it is short enough to shim underneath the form. After building the arch you might not get the form out without damaging the arch if you don't have shims you can take out first.

+1

Nice block work!

[jmhepworth]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

It's looking really good. I see one potential concern that I'm a little hesitant to point out because you probably already know this. It looks like the wood in the 4th picture is a pattern for your arch. When you make your arch form, make sure it is short enough to shim underneath the form. After building the arch you might not get the form out without damaging the arch if you don't have shims you can take out first.

[John K]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

Began work on the chimney landing bricks today. Things went well and layed 3 courses. I utilsed brick ties to to reduce any cracking as those bricks do not overlap.

I also cut out 1 of 2 templates for my brick arch supports so I will have a busy couple of days in front of me

Cheers

[John K]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

it MIGHT crack,,,, and if it does it will be hard to see from my house..

lol you sure Mark, Google Earth is a pretty powerfully tool you know

Mitchamus I agree the soot will probable cover most of the imperfections any way

cheers

[Mitchamus]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

If it does crack,
it'll get covered with soot anyway

out of sight... out of mind!

[ThisOldGarageNJ]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

it MIGHT crack,,,, doesnt mean it will.... and if it does it will be hard to see from my house.. relax, and think of the cracks as charachter......

[John K]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

Much appreciated guys.

Now I don't feel as bad. In that case I will just use some brick ties and unfortunately expect some cracking in the mortar

Cheers

[ThisOldGarageNJ]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

I think with mortar and ties you'll be fine

[Mitchamus]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

You could also leave a 10mm gap and fill it with perl or vermicrete

[dmun]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

Ok, Now I understand. There is no problem having dissimilar bricks in that place, in fact it's a notorious cracking area because of the temperature differential between the hot dome and the cooler entry. If you are concerned, you could engineer a slip plane between the two dissimilar materials, they make a special refractory paper for just that purpose, or you could just ignore any cracks that develop, like the rest of us.

[John K]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

Hi Dmun,

I was not very clear with my question. As per the below diagram as I will not be using fire brick for the landing bricks so will need to butt my landing bricks to my oven brick arch (hope this makes sense).

I was concerned that this might be an issue down the track

[dmun]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

I have a question around the chimney landing. I will be building the front bricks out of a purple coloured brick (as per the oven base) but there will be no way to tie in the landing Chimney bricks with the arch bricks. Will this be an issue??? I will source some brick ties to mortar in for stability but am hoping for some direction.

I'm afraid I don't understand the question - perhaps you could give us a sketch to clarify what you're asking?

[jrparks]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

Great brick work! I’m looking forward to watching the rest of your build.
Cheers

[John K]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

Finished off the Soldier coarse today and began work on the Arch.

I noticed that most people went with 3 brick high brick arch and then began to curve it in so I guess I will also do the same. I found that it is very time consuming to cut the rebate for the door out of the Brick arch and ensure every thing is lined up but as they say slow and steady wins the race.

I have a question around the chimney landing. I will be building the front bricks out of a purple coloured brick (as per the oven base) but there will be no way to tie in the landing Chimney bricks with the arch bricks. Will this be an issue??? I will source some brick ties to mortar in for stability but am hoping for some direction.

I am also considering cutting a splay of around 10mm off the bottom of the first row of dome bricks to minimise the amount of mortar utilised. I guess I will sleep on that one.

Cheers

[John K]

Re: John's 42inch Aussie WFO

I finished my formwork today and will pour the hearth tomorrow. Let's hope the rain doesn't do a repeat performance...

Hi Michael

Your a machine!! Already up to the Hearth pour. Cant wait to see the updated photos

cheers