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Post by docfester on Jun 8, 2014 9:22:09 GMT
Looking good Paul, I did ponder why the large flue opening but now it makes perfect sense incorporating a smoke box. Wish I had increased the size for my chimney vent or at least tapered the underside of the bricks as plenty of smoke sneaks past on initial fireup. Purbeck is a nice touch on the landing area.
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Pete
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Post by rokdok on Jun 8, 2014 20:35:06 GMT
Cheers Pete. Maybe if you fit a flue pipe inside the chimney it'll suck up all the smoke ?. I put the ceramic blanket on yesterday. Terry's mentioned that the length of the the 50 mm blanket isn't quite enough for a 90 cm oven so I got a roll of 25 mm blanket too, particularly as space is a bit tight and I am not going to have a thick layer of vermicrete. The top third of the oven has got 100 mm of blanket on it, the middle half has 75 mm and there's 50 mm around the rest. I'd built the outermost dome up to two half bricks , so it was quite easy to tuck the blanket inside it- except where it is a bit tight at the front I don't think I was able to push the blanket all the way down. Just managed to get the chicken wire on last night before we went out last night. Had the encounter with the Devil's porridge today. It was fairly easy to mix up in a dustbin using the mortar mixer I'd got from Lidl. Put 2x100 l bags on with a mix of 6:1: 1 , vermicrete, lime,cement. Very tactile putting it on, effectively took a handful, made a patty a bit like a home made half pounder and then massaged it into the mesh. Things will be a bit quiet for the next week or so , with the IOW festival, kids coming back from Uni etc. Cheers Paul
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Post by rokdok on Jun 9, 2014 21:10:01 GMT
I'm on a yellow card from SWIMBO for the amount of time and mess this build is taking. Still , managed to cut some stone and brick today for the outer dome. Firstly cut the stone- Portland , Blue Lias and ac couple of beds of Purbeck into 2 1/2 " bars, using the biggie angle grinder, then polished then a bit with a diamond poising disc on a drill. Chipped as much mortar off the Broadmayne brick as I could and then used the small grinder with a flexible brick cleaner to get the rest off. Unfortunately the Yew hedge turned white, just as Helen got back from the dentist. I've now had my a verbal warning too. Before I'd finished cutting the brick into 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" tiles my faithful mitre saw died. : ( . It's put up with a hell of a lot of abuse this last 6 weeks. Angle grinder my way through the stone and got a nice barrow load. . Couldn't resist a bit of a dry run, before the clean up operation. cheers Paul.
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Post by kipper on Jun 10, 2014 11:25:28 GMT
looking good.can't wait to see the finished article.I'm thinking of doing this to mine.
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Post by rokdok on Jun 11, 2014 7:22:30 GMT
Thanks Kipper. I should imagine that there is plenty of local stone near where you are. What about using some of that fantastic Welsh slate - the colours are amazing?. You'd probably find the quarrymen quite sympathetic to letting you have a few off cuts. The quarrymen I know are quite happy to let you have some for a nominal amount , but now I've got the bit between my teeth I'm going to try to get some from some other quarries and different beds e.g. Purbeck Cap, marble grub etc. I'm going to copy your idea of using a gas ring inside the oven to dry it out a bit. I've got tot keep the gazebo up for a while yet, until the oven is complete really and ready for stone sealant, so no real fire till that point . It's tied down to the wall and is a bit fiddly to take down and put back up. If you are going to use any sedimentary rock - I would keep it form touching the external arch which is likely to get pretty hot as it is likely to crack. Cheers Paul
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Post by bookemdanno on Jun 11, 2014 12:09:38 GMT
Liked the "yellow card" bit, and remember my weekends and evenings spent outside! Good build, well done.
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Post by rokdok on Jun 11, 2014 15:55:59 GMT
Cheers Danno, Your build is certainly impressive and I particularly like the recycled brickwork and other bits from your house renovation that you used. It must have been a labour of love to clean off that many bricks, but I guess like everything in life the more you put in the more you appreciate it. Paul
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Post by rokdok on Jun 16, 2014 14:23:58 GMT
Went to Lander's / Haysom's quarry in Worth Matravers to get some more stone to make tiles for the outside of the oven. Spoke to Corinne who was extremely helpful and was able to help myself from these stacks of reject stone comprising different beds of Purbeck limestone. It was like being a kid in a sweet shop, Beautiful range of colours and fossil content. Put the car ( 1 litre hatchback) on the weigh bridge before and after and paid a small amount of money. For it but now have enough to make a decent job of the outside. The colours and fossil will really come out when the stone is sealed. Just back form the IOW festival now and having had a kip am driving up to Sheffield to pick up my son from Uni- can't wait for the weekend - may even finish the oven with 2 pairs of hands on the job. Cheers RD
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Post by rokdok on Jun 22, 2014 0:10:50 GMT
Well the second pair of hands didn't actually get back from a Friday night out till 2 pm. I was hoping that Rob would do all the stone & brick cutting and I could do the arty bit, but he didn't like the idea of all the dust which I guess is fair enough as he had an op on his nose a couple of months ago, so we both laid the brick & stone, he mixed the mortar and I did all the cutting. Still really nice to do a bit of father & son work. Her's where we got to today. The two rings of half bricks are firebrick alternating with reclaimed Broadmayne brick. The quarter brick rings are form the bottom Broadmayne brick alternating with Portland Freestone, Purbeck Grub, Purbeck Whetson. I think I might put just one more ring of alternating Broadmayne brick and then just use stone, maybe . Cheers Paul
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Post by rokdok on Jun 22, 2014 18:37:02 GMT
Got another couple of rings on today. Blue Lias, which is an old Jurassic limestone from Somerset, and the next layer is Spangle where the shells of the fossils have been replaced by calcite so that they spangle in the light. This Spangle was form St Alban's head in South Dorset. Also a close up of rate heavily fossilised Purbeck Grub. Extra pair of hands in the background. Hopefully will get another couple of layers on tomorrow. Cheers RD
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Post by rokdok on Jun 23, 2014 20:34:02 GMT
More OCD from RD. Purbeck blue marble added and above this Purbeck Cap. RD
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Post by unclebhuna on Jun 23, 2014 21:02:07 GMT
Love that exterior rokdok. Gives me food for thought... My oven is just developing in my head, nothing on paper, which might explain how the proposed 42" has turned into a 43" oven... Was planning on a reclaimed Accrington brick exterior but considering k-rend now, but your quilt effect looks great!
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Post by rokdok on Jun 23, 2014 21:47:35 GMT
If you can get reclaimed Accrington brick then I would say go for it. It does take quite a bit of time though- I think Terry has mentioned that there is quite a bit of cutting of brick but to be frank nowhere near as much as for the inner dome. You could always render and add the brick after if you're undecided.
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Post by docfester on Jun 24, 2014 5:59:47 GMT
That exterior is just a work of art Paul, I bow to your skill and more so your patience at creating a stunner. Looks like you will be back in the good books soon Pete
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Post by rokdok on Jun 28, 2014 19:05:36 GMT
Cheers Pete- I hear you're pizza making a plenty.I have to say I've completely underestimated the time things take. I was just a day behind you and now it's at least a month. Anyway onwards and upwards- got another couple of rings on on Tuesday and today got another four rings on. It's a bit like walking in the lakes- you think you're at the summit but there's still more tho do then you think you're almost there and the same thing happens. Anyway I am sure I will top out tomorrow. I've cut and over 500 pieces of brick/stone for the outside dome so far. Here's what it looks like so far : And the view from the top so far, nit of a pate like mine except this ones not sunburnt. Cheers Paul AKA RokDok , although not a lot of Rokin' or Dokin' going on at the moment. Off to the pub now.
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