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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 18:33:23 GMT
Well being as i started my barrel oven build 6 or 8 weeks ago, i thought i ought to share it with you all. Like many of you, the building of the oven gets tangled up in a major garden landscaping project. We moved into the house just before xmas and had to cut our way to the top of the garden. Believe it or not, much of the briers etc had gone when this photo was shot. Now i have managed to resize the photos i will make a few posts to get up to speed, Attachments:
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 18:37:18 GMT
Digger in, 60 tonnes out and a new fence up it feels like we've really started. Attachments:
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 18:46:41 GMT
Footings out for the base. As you can see the oven cuts back into the sloping garden. The extra bit at the back was a mistake with the initial size, but later made the blocking easier. The oven is being built into the retaining wall of the Patio. Because i had a lot of footings to fill i used a Volumetric Concrete Supplier. It all gets mixed instantly on the back of 20 tonne lorry and comes down a shoot straight into you wholes - at about £100 per cubic metre with no waste Attachments:
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 18:49:11 GMT
Finished screed and first row of blocks in. Then down came the weeks of rain. Attachments:
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Post by turkey on Jul 29, 2012 18:53:29 GMT
looking very good, what is the final planned size, looks like it should be a fair old oven there out of interest how much is to to remove bulk loads of topsoil like that? with that cut into the soil there make sure you damp proof the walls well as you dont want the structure to be soaking up liquid making
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 18:54:42 GMT
Going up!! Because i am using faced concrete blocks on the front, i could not tie them to the ordinary blocks behind so have used brick ties to tie it all together. Attachments:
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 18:59:04 GMT
Hi Turkey. It was 3 * 20 tonne grab wagons at £165 each. Seemed like a lot of money, but i shopped around and it was the going rate. Yes i will have a dpc for the oven as soon as it is above ground.
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 19:00:39 GMT
Arch finished - blue engineering bricks. Attachments:
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 19:05:12 GMT
Hi Turkey
Missed your bit about size. Although i have a plan and a picture in my head the oven is evolving!!!! Just laid the storage blocks on as a trial and it looks to be 30 - 32 by 27 ish. Ask me again in a few days and i can be more specific.
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 19:07:34 GMT
Grandads little helper! Attachments:
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 19:11:57 GMT
Shuttering for the oven floor in and rebar across. All a bit of a guess this sizing of rebar. I used 12mm and you can see how much i put in. Attachments:
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 19:15:14 GMT
Screed floated and levelled. Not so easy because you want to really agitate it to get all the air out and be sure it has got right around the bars, but the last thing you want to do is knock the shuttering out!! It all held and i was walking on it the next day. Attachments:
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 19:18:01 GMT
Durox block cut and bedded down on cement. Attachments:
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Post by isolec on Jul 29, 2012 19:22:12 GMT
Between the showers this afternoon i have been experimenting with different ways of laying the storage blocks. I have two sorts, thin ones of which i have just enough to lay the hearth and thicker ones which i intend to use for the roof. Does anyone have any experience of cutting these? Attachments:
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Post by cannyfradock on Jul 30, 2012 8:00:32 GMT
Isolec As a bricklayer I commend your nice neat block/brickwork. There's nothing wrong with using ties....especially when you are using that type of blockwork. Rhodrigo has just started his Pompeii and has bought a diamond disc from "Screwfix" for £13 which is cutting fire-bricks fine.... ukwoodfiredovenforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pompeiiovens&action=display&thread=540I've never tried cutting storage fire-bricks but as long as you soak them first, they should cut the same as fire-bricks. Terry
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