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Post by oblertone on Jun 12, 2021 22:08:48 GMT
Hi can I ask did you just lay your tiles on the brick or cement them down. Also have the last a long time I laid mine on a bed of waterproof tile cement; sadly the frost got to them and the coloured 'face' pinged off ! Frost resistant tiles are available and highly recommend 👍🏾
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Post by oblertone on Jun 5, 2021 10:06:49 GMT
Pizza recipes are fine; try cooking cup-cakes in a wfo 🙄
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Post by oblertone on May 29, 2021 6:59:40 GMT
Good recovery and very neat work 👍🏾
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Post by oblertone on May 24, 2021 18:27:13 GMT
Wet wood will also contribute towards sparks.
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Post by oblertone on May 24, 2021 7:06:42 GMT
Welcome to the site; floor bricks are usually laid on a bed of dry sand to allow you to level them, and to replace them should cracks occur. A cheap alternative to firebrick are storage heater blocks, usually found on eBay or Freecycle 👍🏾
ps - A few pics of your oven and progress would be welcome.
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Post by oblertone on May 23, 2021 19:15:42 GMT
I've just had slate floor tiles installed and sealed with this stuff (MATTSTONE Impregnating Sealer) which states suitable for exterior concrete; when I asked how often I should reapply after the two initial coats he shrugged and said annually if I could be bothered. Works a treat as the floor gets regularly washed and wiped 👍🏾 ps - If you want a Matt finish send me a bottle as we have about 3litres left over 😉
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Post by oblertone on May 14, 2021 21:56:19 GMT
Commons have frogs (indents) or holes and therefore have variable reaction to heat, as you've found out. The best bricks are old solids with neither frogs or holes. Stone is a natural but unfired material and if subject to localised heating will inevitably crack. The cheapest material for a cooking floor are storage heater blocks which can often be had via Freecycle or eBay.
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Post by oblertone on May 4, 2021 13:49:45 GMT
Welcome. While storage heater blocks are usually used to make the floor of a wfo there is no reason why they can't be used for the dome other than thickness. The optimum brick built dome is around 4" thick which gives you excellent heat retention for extended cooking after the pizza session, this can be achieved by cutting a standard 'housebrick' in two and laying it made-end-in. To achieve a 4" thick dome using storage heater blocks will involve lots of cutting and they are extremely dense. A recent build on here did use them uncut to form a vaulted oven, but not a dome.
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Hi all
Apr 29, 2021 14:02:16 GMT
Post by oblertone on Apr 29, 2021 14:02:16 GMT
Welcome, there are lots of ways of reducing the costs of a wfo build but an early decision on the manner of construction will allow you to start scavenging. For example storage heater blocks are plentiful and cheap (eBay & gumtree) and make excellent cooking floors, Thermolite or 'Breeze' blocks make excellent underfloor insulation, and clay upon which you are probably standing is practically free. Should you decide upon the brick-built route then broken or damaged bricks are desirable as you'll be cutting them in half anyway; concrete pavers however are to be avoided as they'll split and spall in use.
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Post by oblertone on Apr 29, 2021 13:53:05 GMT
Welcome; generally speaking a WFO should have two doors, neither of which should be 'attached'. The first and most important should sit between the oven and the flue, this is used to seal the oven to allow extended cooking of stews, bread, roasts etc after the oven has cooled. This door needs to be fire-resistant at least and preferably fire proof. The second door is purely decorative and designed to keep cats out of your oven when not in use. This can be made of wood, metal or anything else you fancy. In use for pizza a fully fired wfo will cook in 90 seconds, but during this time the pizza will need to be turned at least once to avoid burning, therefore a door of any sort would be a major hindrance. I will try and include photos of both my doors to assist.
This shows the outer decorative (wooden) door; it also serves to keep weather out of the oven, as well as cats. This shows both doors, note that the second is a steel tray which is filled with vermiculite board.
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Post by oblertone on Apr 29, 2021 7:59:23 GMT
If you cut it thin enough and your oven is hot enough just about snything will crisp and curl.
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Post by oblertone on Apr 25, 2021 14:12:41 GMT
Have a search for vermicrete for correct ratios but just remember there's no such thing as too much insulation so I'd go deeper than 5cm 👍🏾 Storage heater blocks for the floor will work well, no need to cement them down just lay in loose sand to get a level.
As to the dome, no personal experience but others have built similar and are happy.
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Post by oblertone on Apr 23, 2021 7:18:46 GMT
Hello there, questions about tandoors are fine, however answers might be scarce 🥴
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Post by oblertone on Apr 22, 2021 19:24:10 GMT
Paving blocks (pavers) are concrete and will crack, firebricks or building bricks are fired in production and won't.
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Post by oblertone on Apr 19, 2021 19:25:23 GMT
Thread locked as probable spam.
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