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Post by coops on Jul 19, 2016 11:40:55 GMT
Hi All,
Recently moved into a new house with a large back garden. The previous owner has "kindly" left me with 400+ bricks. (No idea what he was going to use them for but he had built a small BBQ stand simply by stacking the bricks together. My wife didn't like it so I've taken it down and am planning a summer project of building a proper BBQ and pizza oven.
I'm think about using the "gym ball" method to form the dome. Whether I use vermicilite or perlite I'm a bit confused, read different things about both online! Also planning on constructing the plinth out of some 900X600 paving slabs topped with fire bricks. Only concern here is that the heat transfers to the slabs and it cracks. Once the dome is complete add a layer of fibre insulation and chicken wire followed by more bricks. I thinking this should be enough to insulate the outside of the oven. Laid out bricks last night to see how it would all fit together and see where the foundations would need to go.
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Post by coops on Jul 21, 2016 13:59:47 GMT
On another note I've noticed that a lot of people are laying large concrete slabs as a base. Could I just lay normal foundations around where the bricks are planned to be placed?
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Post by oblertone on Jul 22, 2016 14:18:49 GMT
There are any number of ways to construct a base, from a wheeled trolley and metal tray (mine) to the vast concrete helicopter platforms you have already noted. The only thing in common is that A: they need to support the oven you build, which conservatively may weigh up to 500kgs (as a very rough generalisation), and B: need to provide insulation under the oven. If you are a competent brickie then I'm sure a double brick walled enclosure would be fine, after all that's how houses are built, but it's spanning the gap across the top that causes many to go OTT (that and reading forno bravo).
As to the gym ball, I'd leave it until you get to the point of closing your dome when you have to find a method of supporting the final few courses of bricks. There are other ways, so read a few build threads before mixing muck, and ask lots of questions.
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Post by coops on Jul 24, 2016 10:41:28 GMT
Thanks for the info. Going to make a start soon on the base etc. Going to incorporate a charcoal bbq as well. Picked one up for £7 in B&Q. Bargain!
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Post by coops on Aug 29, 2016 12:25:53 GMT
Just ordered materials for the pizza oven. Completed the bbq at the weekend and fired it up last night. Still needs a bit of a clean up
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Post by coops on Aug 29, 2016 12:27:53 GMT
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Post by coops on Aug 29, 2016 12:55:38 GMT
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Post by coops on Aug 29, 2016 12:55:54 GMT
Base structure for pizza iven
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Post by coops on Sept 8, 2016 6:10:06 GMT
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Post by coops on Sept 8, 2016 6:10:48 GMT
Still waiting for it to dry out 100% and still have a bit of work to do on the base structutr
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Post by curlygirl on Sept 14, 2016 15:48:27 GMT
Still waiting for it to dry out 100% and still have a bit of work to do on the base structutr Hi! Love looking at your pics :0) in at the stage of vermicucrete H my clay / sand dome - any tips? How long does it take to dry? I'm getting impatient for pizza now! |
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