Post by edinburghman on Aug 4, 2014 13:58:12 GMT
Hi I’m new here and have been reading and researching on here and elsewhere for a while.
I’d like to construct a Pompeii oven as part of small outdoor ‘kitchen’ area I’ve got some room for in our garden. This could take the form of a L-shaped concrete slab with the vertical part of the L being about 2.5m long. High-level ideas are wood stores for the oven (and indoor stove) underneath, brick arches and a rendered finished for the oven– possibly K-Rend, with the oven being very heavily insulated.
What I’m not sure about though, and would welcome advice and guidance on is ‘proximity’, as our garden has a number of large, mature trees in it so we are restricted as to where we can have this (I think). My preferred spot is adjacent to the back of my house, with my neighbours garden directly behind.
If the dome itself can be insulated and as I understand it shouldn’t get too hot to touch, how hot does the ‘exhaust’ from the oven through the chimney get? And how far from vegetation should this be?
As part of this build I could easily construct a 2m wooden fence with a right-angled return into my garden to screen my own hedge and my neighbour's shrubs, some of which could definitely be cut back.!
Apologies if this a simple question and I've missed the answer, but many people, our US cousins seem to have more suitable spaces available.
I’d like to construct a Pompeii oven as part of small outdoor ‘kitchen’ area I’ve got some room for in our garden. This could take the form of a L-shaped concrete slab with the vertical part of the L being about 2.5m long. High-level ideas are wood stores for the oven (and indoor stove) underneath, brick arches and a rendered finished for the oven– possibly K-Rend, with the oven being very heavily insulated.
What I’m not sure about though, and would welcome advice and guidance on is ‘proximity’, as our garden has a number of large, mature trees in it so we are restricted as to where we can have this (I think). My preferred spot is adjacent to the back of my house, with my neighbours garden directly behind.
If the dome itself can be insulated and as I understand it shouldn’t get too hot to touch, how hot does the ‘exhaust’ from the oven through the chimney get? And how far from vegetation should this be?
As part of this build I could easily construct a 2m wooden fence with a right-angled return into my garden to screen my own hedge and my neighbour's shrubs, some of which could definitely be cut back.!
Apologies if this a simple question and I've missed the answer, but many people, our US cousins seem to have more suitable spaces available.
