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Post by cobblerdave on Jun 11, 2016 22:00:38 GMT
G'day Can't see from the pics but keep an eye open for soot stains remaining on the lowest dome bricks. It means there is still moisture down in the lowest section of the oven. This will migrate up to the dry sections as time goes on and will be removed by further firings. Regards dave
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Post by neilos83 on Aug 20, 2016 20:38:13 GMT
Scratch coat done. It's not perfect but looks a lot better than before. It's taken a lot of firings and a lot of pizza eating to get it dry.
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Post by neilos83 on Aug 21, 2016 15:31:11 GMT
I applied the top coat of render with waterproofer this morning. Had a fairly good finish and then the heavens opened. I got a tarpaulin over the oven body and went indoors. Came back out about 2 hours later to check on it and the rain has gotten in and washed the render totally off the back of the bottom of the oven, and around the chimney it looks like bubbles. I'm fuming. Looks like I will have to do the whole thing again.
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Post by albacore on Aug 21, 2016 20:56:14 GMT
What a sickener! I know how tricky rendering is, unless you're a pro!
I remember rendering a 6ft high wall in the garden many years ago. Trouble was, it was a red hot day and the render dried too fast. It had no strength and crumbed to dust.
Bloody British weather!
Lance
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Post by neilos83 on Aug 24, 2016 19:34:06 GMT
Pulled the tarpaulin off yesterday, it's sunny for a change. The damage doesn't look as bad. I've re rendered the back, but I'm guessing that I will need to do another top coat as there is now a joint in my render and water may find its way in.
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Post by bry on Aug 24, 2016 21:40:08 GMT
If you give it a tap with your knuckle and it doesn't sound hollow (possibly little trickier to tell on a dome...) then the rain will have only caused asphetic damage. If you do want to give it another coat then it's best to give it some help to bond as its not scratched, we'd usually use SBR which you can get in any merchants
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Post by downunderdave on Aug 25, 2016 19:02:38 GMT
If you give it a tap with your knuckle and it doesn't sound hollow (possibly little trickier to tell on a dome...) then the rain will have only caused asphetic damage. If you do want to give it another coat then it's best to give it some help to bond as its not scratched, we'd usually use SBR which you can get in any merchants What is asphetic damage?
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Post by bry on Aug 25, 2016 21:16:16 GMT
Good question, it would be badly spelling or autocorrect typo, possibly both.. Aesthetic damage.. As in if it doesn't look as nice as he'd hopped because the rain got it
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Post by downunderdave on Aug 26, 2016 4:56:20 GMT
Ah, ok. I phink maybe you're right. I phought it was some special building term.
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Post by bry on Aug 26, 2016 18:09:23 GMT
No just a special kind of idiot typing
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Post by neilos83 on Sept 8, 2016 20:01:20 GMT
I've given it a tap and it doesn't sound any more hollow than it did before. The insolation underneath made it sound hollow before this coat went on. I think I'm going to wait until we have nice weekend forcast and have another go. Thanks for the advice.
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