Alan Scott oven in sydney

[brickie in oz]

Re: Alan Scott oven in sydney

Unfortunately those concrete pads look like there are going to suck the heat right out of the oven as they look like they are touching the hearth bricks..

[chubbybones]

Re: Alan Scott oven in sydney

Made a couple of concrete pads as part of the front landing and today was able to get part of the way with the chimney chamber & facade.

At this point i need to let the oven dry a little before continuing with the chimney as i have to build on some freshly laid vermi-mix.I might give it a few days.
Regards,John.

[chubbybones]

Re: Alan Scott oven in sydney

Looking good John.

I came across some insulating (ceramic) fire bricks to act as insulation between the inner and outer arch. The only question is are you going to put anything in front of your floor to prevent it being a heat leakage there?

Hey Mark,
Yea i was thinking of putting something there too.When i do the landing in front i was going to leave a gap where it meets the front hearth bricks and probably fill it in with vermi -mix.I also have insulating bricks from which i could cut slivers and put there.The question will be how much of a gap is suffice.I'll see what works best.
Cheers John.

[mnl]

Re: Alan Scott oven in sydney

Looking good John.

I came across some insulating (ceramic) fire bricks to act as insulation between the inner and outer arch. The only question is are you going to put anything in front of your floor to prevent it being a heat leakage there?

[chubbybones]

Re: Alan Scott oven in sydney

Added some vermi mix insulation to the front of the oven.You'll notice a thin layer was placed on the front face so as to act as a break to the brickwork which will become the chimney.
I also happened to find an old burner which i think i might start using to kick off the curing process in about a week.
regards,john

[chubbybones]

Re: Alan Scott oven in sydney

Well the rain in Sydney won't stop so progress is very slow.

Since the last post i only managed to do the inner arch.

[brickie in oz]

Re: Alan Scott oven in sydney

Itll still work, zero joints on the inside is where you should have been aiming for.

[chubbybones]

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[chubbybones]

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[chubbybones]

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Hi guys,
Well its been raining a lot here in sydney the last few days so i didnt get much done at all but did manage to get the dome done.If im being honest im not real happy with the results.Its structurally strong but just doesn't look too aesthetically pleasing and the joints on the underside are bigger than what i had hoped for.This is probably due to the low height of the arch.
Also i've been left with a lot of gaps in those joints once i removed the form.
Should i make up a small batch of homebrew and patch up those gaps or will they not hold up later on down the track when i fire up the oven at high temps.
Regards John.

[cobblerdave]

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Gudday

An ceramic waste pipe that I had planned to use in my oven which my wife used as a base for a bird bath . It's that much longer as well as 1/2 is buried in the ground. I discarded its use for a chimney for two reasons. First its only 5 ins 125 mm which its much to small for a 42 in 1 mtre oven its should really have a 8 in 200 mm one . Secound is the real possibility of kids breaking it as the clamber over the oven as kids do.
You could possibly use twin pipes I suppose.
As for used one. I doubt it. They were cemented together as the pipe would break long before you could get it apart. You usually come across them as builders leave a couple spare under a completed house along with spare roof tiles. I suppose most people would never have seen one as plastic has been used for so long now.
Regards Dave

[chubbybones]

Re: Alan Scott oven in sydney

Hi John,

I know it is not in Sydney but you could try calling John at Bennetts Pottery in Magill, SA. I know he does terracotta flues, particularly period specific. A very good product made with quality and skill. He may have suppliers in Sydney or supply direct. He also makes to order.

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Cheers

Craig

Call;ed them but no luck,they suggested i buy some sorty of castable and make my own

I used to fix a few chimneys in Melbourne in a past life and used these guys.
Chimney Pots
they do deliver.
I might add something to my one when I build it from there too.

Hi TC,thanks but i was thinking more along the lines of flue liner rather than chimney pot although i guess a chimney pot could be used and encased in brickwork but i think ill build the chimney without one.

Gudday
I'm a little confused at this point
Are we talking about ceramic flue liners in the US .... Or chimney pots.... What I thought was the thing that that went on the top of a brick chimney?
Sorry lived for a short time in the southern States ( Aussie the south is colder) but the niceties of chimneys is not my strong point it seems.
Regards dave

Correct, i meant the flue liners.

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps8b92b9d9.jpg
Gudday
This is a flue Linner? (thanks Kurtloup)
Regards Dave

Yep,thats the one,,i thought for sure i could find one somewhere in Sydney but alas!

Before the plastic era clay pipes were used exclusively for drainage. You may be able to find one of the appropriate diameter.

An old terracotta sewer pipe?there's an idea.It might smell for the first few fires but after that it would be good to go.

Cheers,John

[david s]

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Quick question to anyone out there in the know.

I was wondering if anyone in Sydney has had any success in tracking down a clay chimney flue?So far online searches have come up empty so if anyone has any idea where i could get one,that would be great.
I'm wanting to build a brick chimney and would prefer a clay liner rather than a SS one.

Thanks guys,
John.

Before the plastic era clay pipes were used exclusively for drainage. You may be able to find one of the appropriate diameter.

[cobblerdave]

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http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps8b92b9d9.jpg
Gudday
This is a flue Linner? (thanks Kurtloup)
Regards Dave

[cobblerdave]

Re: Alan Scott oven in sydney

Gudday
I'm a little confused at this point
Are we talking about ceramic flue liners in the US .... Or chimney pots.... What I thought was the thing that that went on the top of a brick chimney?
Sorry lived for a short time in the southern States ( Aussie the south is colder) but the niceties of chimneys is not my strong point it seems.
Regards dave