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Post by kstronach on Jun 16, 2013 8:02:01 GMT
thank all, danno i had a look on that site but doesn't look like they have any at the mo  i'll give them a ring monday morning to be sure. a little more progress and got my hands on a flue for the top. what do you think? ( be honest . . i didn't pay for it so its not the end of the world if its not suitable!!) the one thing i was thinking was the wind may blow in and cause a down draft but i could easily get one of those metal cone shaped tops to stop that! Attachments:
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Post by bookemdanno on Jun 17, 2013 12:09:27 GMT
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Post by kstronach on Jun 18, 2013 21:37:49 GMT
Ha! Not the most attractive flue but it was free and that works for me! been thinking about the ceramic blanket. How do you attach it to the dome to keep it in place? An when I mesh over it how do I hold that down before rendering on to it? Anybody have any good methods? |
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Post by faz on Jun 22, 2013 12:06:06 GMT
You can tighten the mesh up over your insulation by twisting parts of it with a pair of pliers - you can go to the sections that look a bit baggy and give them a twist - hey presto - not so baggy anymore. It doesn't need to be perfect assuming you're putting a thick layer of vermicrete over it. I can see it being much more important if you're rendering directly over the blanket.
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Post by kstronach on Jun 24, 2013 20:43:27 GMT
got the flue set in place now. i shuttered the gap in between my front and back arch and filled with a mix of sharp sand vermiculite lime and cement angled into the flue. Attachments:
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Post by kstronach on Jun 24, 2013 20:53:43 GMT
tonight i have insulated the dome, not as bad as i thought it was going to be! i ended up cutting triangles out and the pinning back together with bits of wire, worked rather well! ive got 4 inch of ceramic blanket, the last layer is abit patchwork in places and i had to use a little bit of rockwool to finish off as i had used every scrap of the CB! next step is mesh it over then get a render coat slapped on! went to the builders supply today and got a roll of chicken wire. i thought this would be easier to use on the dome than the proper expanding metal, however the exp metal is thicker gauge so the render has more to get hold of so to speak so i may now go back and get some of that instead! what mesh did others use and did it work ok? keith Attachments:
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Post by lemonsouffle on Jun 25, 2013 11:32:19 GMT
Hi Keith, we insulated with 4" ceramic blanket, 2 layers of 2" blanket, and then rendered using the render sold by Kiln Linings. We held the ceramic blanket down with chicken wire from the garden centre and then added a loose layer of chicken wire so there was a little gap between the insulation and the chicken wire, then we applied 2 layers of render. It was all surprisingly easy and my husband and teenage daughter completed all the render in about 2 hours. Here are some pictures Dome with insulation and chicken wire  First coat of render and second coat going on  Finished with 2 coats of render  We had done lots of curing fires before we put on the insulation so I was able to do my first bread bake the day after we put on the render and we had a pizza party the following weekend. The insulation is excellent even after a couple of hours at pizza temp the exterior of the dome is cool. Good luck with the rest of your build. LS |
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Post by kstronach on Jun 25, 2013 20:28:30 GMT
Hi, LS . . . thanks for posting and for the pictures too, its reassuring to know its been done the way i'm doing it before!! i've cracked on tonight with the meshing and rendering so i'll pop a couple of pics up got the flags bedded round the edge of the oven too so all i've left to do now is the final render coat!! Attachments:
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Post by kstronach on Jun 25, 2013 20:29:45 GMT
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Post by bookemdanno on Jun 25, 2013 20:38:34 GMT
Nice work Keith!!!
Good tidy shape too!!
Well Done Sir!!!
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Post by kstronach on Jun 25, 2013 21:49:59 GMT
Thanks |
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Post by lemonsouffle on Jun 26, 2013 14:42:56 GMT
Nice shape. Looks very neat.
LS
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Post by kstronach on Jun 26, 2013 20:43:38 GMT
finished render on dome Attachments:
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Post by kstronach on Jun 26, 2013 20:51:48 GMT
again from the front! also in the landing area i was going to bed quarry tile on slivers of thermalites but a friend with a kitchen business has a bit of spare granite i can have and cut to size . . i'll just have to figure out how to cut it now, i'm not sure if a diamond disc will cut it its pretty tough stuff!! anyone done this before? still cant get this posting multiple pics to one post! i have read the thread on it and it says copy url inbetween the to img things i get that but my photos are on the hard drive so i dont have a url to copy! i'm probably being thick! Attachments:
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Post by lemonsouffle on Jun 27, 2013 14:42:53 GMT
Hi Keith Dome looks great, have you started a fire yet??? A friend of mine cut some old granite worktop with an angle grinder when he was building a WFO so it should be possible. If you want to post more than 1 photo at a time they need to be on the web. I load mine onto Flickr then put the URL from Flickr in between the ![]() . Hope that helps. LS |
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i'll give them a ring monday morning to be sure.
