So I finally have the wheels going on this project and I am super excited about it. I mentioned some of what I plan to do in the last post with the arch and base. The design is based in part by the Bories of the Vaucluse called Village des Bories. Yet more influence and…
Mud Oven Update……..moving forward.
O.K. here we go. Thanks to those of you that gave me some feedback. It helps to get another point of view when you are figuring things out and by reading your thoughts, I have just solidified my decision to get this sucker built. I am going to move forward and get to work this…
Mud Oven Update…I will revise.
I mentioned last week that my plans for how I build the wood fired earth oven have changed in light of our personal circumstances. The design of this thing has been agonized over and scrutinized more than a decision to launch a nuclear missile. I’m sick of thinking and I want to build….it’s not like…
Mud Oven update
Unfortunately, I don’t have a whole lot going on with the earth oven right now. Our son started school recently and our lives have been very busy these last weeks so I have had no time to devote to the project. One of the things that has used up my time is the next post!…
Wood-Fired Earth Oven Update
It has been rainy here the last couple weeks and it has kept me at a stand still on the project as far as physical work. I had a chance to speak to a good friend of mine that happens to be an excellent architect/engineer. I wanted to see what he thought about my footings…
The Mud Oven Diary pt1 concluded.
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…
Wood Fired Oven – Footnotes
I thought a follow up post would be good since there were a couple of questions asked ( I like that!) and there are some things worth a mention that couldn’t be shoe-horned into the series. I encourage people to visit various sites like Forno Bravo to gather information on WFO construction. Really focus on…