Hello fellow Aussies, My 1st build

[Steady]

Hi Steady,
I have been on the Melbourne Firebrick website and they are my favourite looking ovens, They are quite pricey too, did you buy an oven kit or just the bricks?

I looked at buying a brick saw and following the free plans but couldn't find a second hand one on my area and decided I'm time poor anyway so went with the pre-cut kit.

My build can be found here

PS - I also love photo's

[cobblerdave]

G’day
watching with interest..... plenty of pics are good..... a pics worth a thousand words they say
regards Dave

[Paul W]

Hi Paul, I am Tassie based and don't know all of the refractory suppliers in Vic.
I purchased through Melbourne Firebrick Co. I received good service and happily recommend them as an option if your getting pricing comparisons.

Hi Steady,
I have been on the Melbourne Firebrick website and they are my favourite looking ovens, They are quite pricey too, did you buy an oven kit or just the bricks?

[Steady]

Hi Paul, I am Tassie based and don't know all of the refractory suppliers in Vic.
I purchased through Melbourne Firebrick Co. I received good service and happily recommend them as an option if your getting pricing comparisons.

[Paul W]

Hi Russell,
They are the eplans from Forno Bravo, I will be using them as a guide and will no doubt have my own modifications, I have looked at the Werribee post and will keep browsing through forums.

[UtahBeehiver]

I take it when you say "plans for it" you mean the eplans (free) from Forno Bravo. These are a dated but a good baseline. There have been several 1 meter ovens built but I do not know of any specific metric plans, you probably just need to use a Google standard to metric converter. Oasiscm is currently building his second oven and he is located in Werribee and he would be a good source for materials in your area. Also David S is our cast expert if you want to go this direction, he is from Townsville in Queensland, and Karangi Dude did a huge barrel oven and he is from Victoria or maybe it is NSW.

[Paul W]

Hi Guys,
I'm currently locked down in Vic thanks to Covid and wan't to build my own brick pizza oven, I found this website after researching ovens online, I have decided that I will build the 36" pompeii as there are plans for it and I need plans , not sure if there are metric ones anywhere though, I'm in Carrum Downs Victoria and haven't bought anything for it yet, I have made a start though, I have bought some plate steel and welded a fire wood box together and cut a hole in my retaining wall for it to be recessed into, then in the next week or two a slab will be getting put down above it.
Just thought I would say hi and say thanks for all the information that everyone has made available which will help me a great deal.
Cheers,
Paul