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Post by slen916 on Sept 11, 2016 8:43:54 GMT
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Post by diggerjones on Sept 11, 2016 14:45:23 GMT
Looking good, you can tell your not a diyer. Looks professional to me.
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Post by slen916 on Sept 11, 2016 18:17:08 GMT
hmmm,may have laid a few bricks before,but thanks anyway
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Post by slen916 on Sept 14, 2016 22:15:27 GMT
 started oven floor tonight,going ok. hopefully have it done tomorrow and then on to the dome... |
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Post by slen916 on Sept 17, 2016 21:14:41 GMT
  first couple of courses done. no going back now. |
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Post by diggerjones on Sept 17, 2016 22:08:13 GMT
I found the dome the easy bit,I ended up not bothering with the trowel,guide for the dome.just did it free hand. Hard bit is the arch for the entrance then the hole for the chimney. How come you went to the trouble of cutting your floor to a circle, then building the dome on top of floor. Best to build dome on outside of floor. I'm no expert just information I've learnt building mine.
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Post by slen916 on Sept 18, 2016 7:31:42 GMT
just seemed a bit easier at the time,hopefully wont give me any problems...fingers crossed
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Post by diggerjones on Sept 18, 2016 7:54:31 GMT
Think from my understanding its if the floor needs to be replaced. Yours will be fine
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Post by oblertone on Sept 18, 2016 8:59:04 GMT
Building on top of the floor usually means the floor extends beyond the walls and can leach heat out sideways, and these ovens are all about retaining as much heat as possible. As your floor doesn't extend then you shouldn't have this problem as long as your dome insulation of choice comes down far enough to meet the underfloor insulation. The issue of trying to remove a cracked or damaged floor tile to replace it is oft talked about but is so infrequent I can't recall when it was last done within these pages; nevertheless all floor cracks will fill with ash as soon as you start to use the WFO.
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Post by curlygirl on Sept 18, 2016 11:10:18 GMT
Building on top of the floor usually means the floor extends beyond the walls and can leach heat out sideways, and these ovens are all about retaining as much heat as possible. As your floor doesn't extend then you shouldn't have this problem as long as your dome insulation of choice comes down far enough to meet the underfloor insulation. The issue of trying to remove a cracked or damaged floor tile to replace it is oft talked about but is so infrequent I can't recall when it was last done within these pages; nevertheless all floor cracks will fill with ash as soon as you start to use the WFO. Not sure what the etiquette is for butting in to ask questions on other peoples threads?! Please put me straight if it's not the done thing :0) I've made a rookie mistake of extending my brick floor the whole area of the top of the plinth. And the clay/ sand dome and vermiculite layer is in place. Should I insulate the small area of bricks that can still be seen outside of the dome or has anyone else any ideas of how the remedy this? |
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Post by slen916 on Sept 18, 2016 17:00:11 GMT
  a bit more progress today,door way and arch bricks cut ready for tomorrow.. |
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Post by downunderdave on Sept 18, 2016 21:26:16 GMT
Building on top of the floor usually means the floor extends beyond the walls and can leach heat out sideways, and these ovens are all about retaining as much heat as possible. As your floor doesn't extend then you shouldn't have this problem as long as your dome insulation of choice comes down far enough to meet the underfloor insulation. The issue of trying to remove a cracked or damaged floor tile to replace it is oft talked about but is so infrequent I can't recall when it was last done within these pages; nevertheless all floor cracks will fill with ash as soon as you start to use the WFO. Not sure what the etiquette is for butting in to ask questions on other peoples threads?! Please put me straight if it's not the done thing :0) I've made a rookie mistake of extending my brick floor the whole area of the top of the plinth. And the clay/ sand dome and vermiculite layer is in place. Should I insulate the small area of bricks that can still be seen outside of the dome or has anyone else any ideas of how the remedy this? You can trim them off with an angle grinder fitted with a diamond blade. |
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Post by oblertone on Sept 19, 2016 9:47:40 GMT
... or you can just cover them with render and forget about it ? I did just the same (see build thread below) and find it makes no difference other than you need to find a way of preventing water ingress. My oven is not the best insulated (25mm blanket) but will do pizza all night, cook breakfast followed by bread and a roast so I wouldn't worry too much  |
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Post by slen916 on Sept 20, 2016 20:29:32 GMT
 another course and one of the door arches done tonight,finally got my head round the cutting of the bricks ( i think ) so hopefully progress might be a bit quicker |
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Post by oblertone on Sept 21, 2016 10:28:14 GMT
First of all, that's a very neat looking build; secondly I must apologise for cluttering your build thread with another conversation, I can remove the offending posts if you like ?
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