Please help quickly

[andycase007]

Hi All

Have been in touch with Garden Gift Shop - they have the Meditterani Royal oven - 1 left as of now - apparently really good insulation on it - better quality than the standard Meditterani.

Just wondering if anyone had used them? Have this oven?

Will still add termalite bricks underneath and Fibre board (if needed), but would be great, given the weather, if i didnt have to mess about with the top insulating etc

[rivergirl]

Sorry that I cannot help as I just have my clay one, have you done a search??

[cannyfradock]

Hi Andy

No first-hand experience of these ovens.....sorry. Looking at the spec it seems to have enough insulation all round. There's no mention of it being waterproof so a simple roof or waterproof rendering or perhaps a couple of bags of K-rend may do.

Ask "Scott" again .....what is exactly needed to make the oven waterproof. He is the best person to advise on his ovens.

Hope you get a bit more feedback from the members.

Terry

[andycase007]

Thanks for replying
Think I'm gonna call tomorrow and buy it. Spoke to Scott today and he was very helpful. Was honest about the more basic models but said he still had good heat retention with those. When we moved onto the Royal oven he couldn't praise it enough. There is another one on the website that's well insulated but no chimney.

Could someone just confirm that putting my oven on thermalise blocks without fibre board will be ok? Don't want heat transferring to bottom of blocks as its wood underneath.

Also, does it have to be fire clay to level the blocks under the floor? Can sand not be used?

[Tom B]

Good luck with your purchase.
You should be fine with just the thermolite blocks beneath the the oven, but you can never have too much insulation
You will also be fine with using sand to level the blocks. The important thing to remember is that we wants pictures ;D

[andycase007]

Hi All

Just to let you know that i have purchased the Royal oven from GGS.
Scott was really helpful, and even did me a deal after mentioning this forum!! So thanks for that.

Should be here by the weekend.

Have ordered all my timber for my sheltered pergola, as i plan on using this oven year round, rain or shine.

My sleeper base is already constructed, thermalite bricks in place.

[rivergirl]

Don,t forget those pictures!! Good luck with the build.

[cannyfradock]

All the best with the oven Andy. With sleepers as a base and a timber housing it should look quite snazzy.

I've always wanted to put a set of pictures on the forum showing the construction of a simple timber housing..or roof especially for our Clay oven builders.....I'll get round to it one of these days....

Terry

[andycase007]

Hi
I will sort out some pictures, dont worry.
My problem now, is that i have realised just how hard this oven is going to be to move into place.
400kg.
There is not enough access down the side of my property for a fork lift. A mini digger wont lift it apparently.
I can get a scissor platform from HSS for £80, but that doesnt help me get it off the back of my van (loading at work is not a problem because of the fork lift).
Then when i use the scissor lift to get it level with the base i have made, i still need to move it off the platform onto the base. My plan was to have have a base of sand to level it, but if i push the oven backwards, its going to scrape all that away.

So at the moment, my beautiful oven is sat at work and i havent quite sorted out what im going to do.
I have plenty of people i can ask for help, but getting 4 guys around the oven, lifting the bottom of the oven to 1.25mtrs approx, is not the easiest thing. Then you have still got to get it gently into position.

Totally mis judged this.

:-(

[andycase007]

P.S theres no access to my property from the back, only down the side through the gate. A space of 38" to be exact.
Then once through that space i have got to negotiate my gas meter!, coal bunker and woodstore. Once i am passed that lot, then there is space. But only enough height to lift something i.e a crane 2.4mtrs, due to the pergola that is in place over the oven location.
So ideally the oven needs to be lifted from the bottom so that it goes no higher than about 2 mtrs, while still clearing the base.

Headache

[spinal]

The expensive option would be to use a crane and go over the house... lots of places will rent you a mobile crane for an hour or so.

The cheaper option would be to put some steel bars under the pallet, and get 8 friends or so to help move it (50kg per person?)...

M.

[cannyfradock]

Andy

I haven't used one of these things for an oven, but often in work (the building game) we have to shift heavy object (usually steel girders from road to inside pillars. We hire one of these....



I'm not sure of your set up, but by building some sort of temporary platform on the other side of an obstacle, you can get round and over many things. Tey're not that expensive to hire. If your local Jewsons hire them you can get 30.....or is it 40% off using our forum discount account with Jewsons.

....it's just an option

Terry

[andycase007]

Thanks for the suggestions

The crane cant be done as our road, where it would need to be situated is VERY small.
Terry, that platform looks a possibility.
My stand has the sleepers running across the front, so would stop the legs getting under the top, but the forks would reach the edge of the hearth and allow us to "slide" the oven on.
Ill check the price and capacity.
Any suggestions are greatly received.
The oven has 4 lfiting eyes on each corner, and i have 4 straps at my disposal.

[h12rpo]

As a last (very last) resort you could slice it into half with a 9 inch grinder :-)

[spinal]

Lifting eyes... engine hoist?