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Post by rockrocky on Sept 2, 2013 15:52:26 GMT
A job very well done.
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Post by petec on Sept 2, 2013 17:50:07 GMT
lovely upgrade work Danno. V2.1 !! Cheers Petec
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Post by cannyfradock on Sept 2, 2013 18:24:33 GMT
Danno
As a wood-fired oven builder (still learning)...I should be more impressed with your oven than your building skills, but each time I look back at your corner cooking station...I see something new....just noticed that you cut every brick on edge for the "planter" adjacent to the oven.....I've just laid 40 linear meters of brick on edge.....and I know how difficult it is to get them correct. Tip top job!!
Terry
n.b......love the oven...too
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Post by bookemdanno on Sept 3, 2013 11:59:14 GMT
Thanks for the kind words Terry, and coming from a Trade Bricky i take them very seriously. I've always loved my little dips into bricklaying, and pretty much just been self taught over the years from my landscaping days in my twenties. The old back now starts to complain after a while though, and as i've rarely made anything over 4ft tall, i struggle to lay bricks standing upright!! You really get a massive sense of achievement with it, as there's always something standing there for all the hard work. Its a real skill, and a proper trade. I've got one more project to come, as the wife wants me to upgrade a knackered little outbuilding at the bottom of the garden. So there's some flintwork to repair, more old bricks to lay, a new roof and all the internals to deck out. I'll be in heaven, and won't have to invent a little bit of brickwork to keep my eye in!
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Post by bookemdanno on Sept 29, 2013 10:51:09 GMT
And the repair work is complete! Wasn't really planning on doing it, but the nice weather this weekend, and lets face it, things aren't going to improve weather wise i just had to go for it. Impressed with the K-rend, and i put more details of it in the "waterproofing your oven" section. All in all from start to finish was around four hours, and led by the K-rend. It goes off pretty quickly, so you need everything ready and work in half bag batches. Hopefully this'll not need repairing after a bad winter, but the rebuild has been fun! I just need a friend to want one built and i'm a pig in muck! Thanks for all your continued support. Danno.
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Post by cannyfradock on Sept 29, 2013 11:07:02 GMT
Danno
That K-rend looks the bees knees.
I'm building a Pompeii oven for someone soon. Please don't sue me if I post pics and they resemble your finish...I really like that design.....everything seems to be in correct proportion with each other.
Lovely job...
Terry
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Post by bookemdanno on Sept 29, 2013 16:44:21 GMT
No worries Terry, and thanks! I'm just jealous of the fact that you get to build so many ovens! One day...
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Post by kstronach on Sept 29, 2013 18:13:38 GMT
yep very nice oven danno should be going strong for years to come now! excellent workmanship!
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Post by kipper on Oct 2, 2013 5:07:00 GMT
really like the look also.is that half circle arch for strength as supposed to having say the bottom three bricks straight then top row arched or just cosmetic?and is that a lady wearing an head scarf on the dark middle brick of the arch or am I due some sleep!
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Post by bookemdanno on Oct 2, 2013 12:51:22 GMT
Hi Kipper! I never really liked the square sided entrance, so aesthetics was the leading factor for me. I liked the look of the dome, with a smaller similar shaped arch to keep the same radiused point of view from front on views. I had to concess to a straight sided chimney, but the thought of a round one was there, as per Marudges Cornish Pompeii. I also wanted easier access and the ability to use a big roasting pan i had too. The arch is wider than most straight sided arches, but slightly lower to keep the overall volume of the opening the same. I may lose a little more heat out of the door, but i have an oven that suits my needs. The shape is more strong due to the forces acting equally rather than wanting to push out the sides, but its not an issue for such an unloaded structure. I could stand on that arch tho!
I can't see the "lady" but i know what you mean. I've seen the picture of the old lady and the young lady within the same picture, and was in a group where some could only see the old and others the young! interesting stuff!
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Post by bigdavenorcott on Jun 7, 2014 21:12:05 GMT
Hi Danno - been lurking a while, love your oven. I'm basing my smaller, crapper version on it, as I've also got a load of old reds and some storage heater bricks One question I do have if you don't mind is how the quarry tiles held up over the heater bricks on the cooking floor? Did you mortar them with the homemade mix? Thanks for the inspiration! Dave (Hampshire)
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Post by bookemdanno on Jun 9, 2014 12:09:44 GMT
Hello Dave, and thanks for the nice words. Those quarry tiles... I used a Lime based mortar for all my brickwork, and set the tiles in the same mortar, albeit a very thin bed. Should have gone thicker in hindsight. The tiles themselves are ok, no nasty cracks or spalling, however they have become loose. I expected this though as it just gets so flipping hot in there and theres two different materials, probably reacting to the heat differently. It was off the scale of a 550c Infra red Thermometer yesterday! Doesn't affect the oven use as they are all bound by the walls of the oven. I'd perhaps say that if you can get thicker tiles, it'd be better, and lay them on a good bed of homebrew mortar to give them the best chance of staying put. A bit of "character" from useage is what i like, and if it all gets too broken in the future i get to fix a bit! Just finishing off a bit of yesterdays leftover Anchovy, Black Olive, pesto and Caper pizza for my lunch whilst typing this! good luck with the build. Danno
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Post by bigdavenorcott on Jun 9, 2014 13:39:04 GMT
Hello Dave, and thanks for the nice words. Those quarry tiles... I used a Lime based mortar for all my brickwork, and set the tiles in the same mortar, albeit a very thin bed. Should have gone thicker in hindsight. The tiles themselves are ok, no nasty cracks or spalling, however they have become loose. I expected this though as it just gets so flipping hot in there and theres two different materials, probably reacting to the heat differently. It was off the scale of a 550c Infra red Thermometer yesterday! Doesn't affect the oven use as they are all bound by the walls of the oven. I'd perhaps say that if you can get thicker tiles, it'd be better, and lay them on a good bed of homebrew mortar to give them the best chance of staying put. A bit of "character" from useage is what i like, and if it all gets too broken in the future i get to fix a bit! Just finishing off a bit of yesterdays leftover Anchovy, Black Olive, pesto and Caper pizza for my lunch whilst typing this! good luck with the build. Danno Awesome - thanks a lot. I reckon thicker heavier tiles should stay in place anyway even if they do get loose from differing expansion, so I definitely shall give that a go as you suggest. Much more practical and much more attractive than having the heater bricks straight on the cooking floor. The only thing that was worrying me with tiles really was that I bought a couple of thick (1") quarry tiles to use as baking stones for my normal oven, and they both cracked after a few months (and that was only 250 deg). Reassuring that yours haven't cracked after 550! Cheers Dave
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Post by bookemdanno on Jun 10, 2014 12:22:09 GMT
Like most things Dave, i expect that there are many levels of quality of quarry tiles but i only know of the hard fired clay Ruabon ones. Trouble is that the level of heat that you get get inside these ovens is likely to exploit any weakness, you just have to decide to live with some cracks, or spend a lot of money in making a full high spec oven, which can still crack. A firebrick floor is likely to be fine but i had no money to spend on them, a storage heater brick is likely to be fine, but it just didn't sit right with me for a hearth/cooking floor, i had some tiles, i knew they'd been fired at around 1000c, so i used them.
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Post by bigdavenorcott on Jun 10, 2014 12:31:17 GMT
Same here - heater bricks don't seem right for the floor. I might try bedding the quarries on a thin fireclay dry mix rather than wet mortaring...will play it by ear, I'm a week or so from that yet (and still have a patio to build before the wife lets me play ovens ) Thanks for the tips, much appreciated. Dave
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