On Wednesday I finished cleaning all the chunks of mortar and lime off the last of the bricks. I have around 220 whole brick with a bunch of half sizes and pieces. There should be enough for the vaults and I can always incorporate stone into it if I run short. These bricks are cool…
The Mud Oven Diary pt1 cont….
Today I got to spend some time cleaning more bricks and got shut down by a big storm after about an hour. This part should be done tomorrow and then I’ll get started on figuring the size of the voussoirs for the rib arches. Once I am happy with that I’ll start cutting the granite…
The Mud Oven Diary pt1 – Layout of the oven footprint & Brick cleanup
I guess this is one way to keep this blog active, since there will be many steps in this build. Starting another separate blog crossed my mind but then Erik would probably implore me to move it back here like the pressed concrete walk through on CT. I’ll only mention his name once this time..I…
Of Stone, Mud & Pizza
I didn’t want to really post anything until some real progress was made but I saw Erik’s latest blog post and couldn’t help myself. I am starting my latest oven project today by laying out the footing! It won’t be another brick oven….only the floor will have fire-brick. No, this time the dome will be…