Post by truckcab79 on Feb 22, 2018 18:30:04 GMT
Welcome to my build.
It’s a Milano 750 from Pizza Oven Supplies in Stoke and is my first build.
I arrived here via a £100 Tesco pizza oven bought last Summer. Chosen after the rave reviews of the Aldi version. The tesco one was more substantial and they had matched the Aldi price as it was originally sold at £150.
It it was fun, but cooking for four of us was. a long process only able to cook one at a time and taking 10-15 minutes to do so. To be fair if I persevered with it longer and let it heat up longer I probably could have improved this.
Whilst I don’t like doing things second rate I started out with what I thought was a reasonable budget, looking at what seem like some very good value pre-built ovens on eBay for under £500. Fully appreciated that they were not going to be the best of the best but reviews were good in the main. Deciding factor on not going this route was that the oven size I wanted would be a struggle to get through the house. Could only manage it on its side, and that seemed too much of a risk.
Much research led me to the modular route which I considered was a good route to a quality oven at a sensible price and timescale. I have a few projects on the go and it seemed sensible not to take on something that would take up all my time.
As these things tend to escalate, I started out with a 600, thinking it was good value, and I could build it cheaply, render it and build a sleeper base for it nice and quickly, to thinking 750 was bigger (and therefore better) and maybe a block base, then taking the plunge and going for a ‘kit’ of oven and all brickwork. By this time my budget had increased and I doubt I’ll see much change out of £1,500 by the time I’m done.
The Milano 750 is a kit in the loosest sense of the word but has the bulk of the laborious cutting completed. In addition to the kit you need 25 concrete blocks, a couple of lintels, 3 slabs and of course the materials for a base.
What you get is the oven in 5 pieces, all the bricks you need as well as the log store and brick arches already cut. In addition the insulation, silicone, chimney, chicken wire and a couple of bags of grog and something else that escapes me.
The fact that all the bricks are cut is a huge bonus for me (and the neighbours!). Included are all the brick slips to clad the blockwork. To be fair they’re not really slips as such, ie tile thickness, but are full bricks cut in half lengthwise. I’m surprised that given the amount of work involved in cutting the brickwork that the kit is not more expensive. In my case I opted for reclaimed bricks as I prefer the look, but new are available also if I recall.
It’s a Milano 750 from Pizza Oven Supplies in Stoke and is my first build.
I arrived here via a £100 Tesco pizza oven bought last Summer. Chosen after the rave reviews of the Aldi version. The tesco one was more substantial and they had matched the Aldi price as it was originally sold at £150.
It it was fun, but cooking for four of us was. a long process only able to cook one at a time and taking 10-15 minutes to do so. To be fair if I persevered with it longer and let it heat up longer I probably could have improved this.
Whilst I don’t like doing things second rate I started out with what I thought was a reasonable budget, looking at what seem like some very good value pre-built ovens on eBay for under £500. Fully appreciated that they were not going to be the best of the best but reviews were good in the main. Deciding factor on not going this route was that the oven size I wanted would be a struggle to get through the house. Could only manage it on its side, and that seemed too much of a risk.
Much research led me to the modular route which I considered was a good route to a quality oven at a sensible price and timescale. I have a few projects on the go and it seemed sensible not to take on something that would take up all my time.
As these things tend to escalate, I started out with a 600, thinking it was good value, and I could build it cheaply, render it and build a sleeper base for it nice and quickly, to thinking 750 was bigger (and therefore better) and maybe a block base, then taking the plunge and going for a ‘kit’ of oven and all brickwork. By this time my budget had increased and I doubt I’ll see much change out of £1,500 by the time I’m done.
The Milano 750 is a kit in the loosest sense of the word but has the bulk of the laborious cutting completed. In addition to the kit you need 25 concrete blocks, a couple of lintels, 3 slabs and of course the materials for a base.
What you get is the oven in 5 pieces, all the bricks you need as well as the log store and brick arches already cut. In addition the insulation, silicone, chimney, chicken wire and a couple of bags of grog and something else that escapes me.
The fact that all the bricks are cut is a huge bonus for me (and the neighbours!). Included are all the brick slips to clad the blockwork. To be fair they’re not really slips as such, ie tile thickness, but are full bricks cut in half lengthwise. I’m surprised that given the amount of work involved in cutting the brickwork that the kit is not more expensive. In my case I opted for reclaimed bricks as I prefer the look, but new are available also if I recall.