Ive seen many who just put a finish stucco coat on, and seem to have few issues, I assume due to the added insulatave value of the pelit mix. Let me know if you need any help. Really looking forward to getting started. Now this isn’t very accurate in a way because obviously as you go up the bricks get smaller, you might even get three out of on brick. Ian. Brr, cold out there! Cheers and have a great weekend, it’s glorious weather here From a fellow trowelsmith (Advanced C&G, Silver trowel and bronzed medal, all too may years ago in the seventies now) may l say great job, very well described. But I only want to cook a few pizzas I lamented, not feed the five thousand!!!! Surround it with a fireproof rope etc. Thanks for the kind words! Hey Dave, Can’t resist posting just one more pic of the freshly rendered dome as it was so much fun to do! No problem, happy to help. All rights reserved obviously (duh!). All round handy bloke, a one time humanitarian, and mad scribbler. ROCCBOX by Gozney Portable Outdoor Pizza Oven - Gas Fired, Fire & Stone Outdoor Pizza Oven, Inclu… Ian, what should I use to vibrate the concrete? Once the first few courses of bricks in the dome had set up I cut and laid the firebricks, bedding the bricks on soft sand to make getting future damaged ones out easier, allow for expansion and also to keep a clean look to the outside. *A FREE mini DIY course. Ian Quite weird to watch actually. You’d never have the fire roaring and the door in place. *Tips, Tricks and DIY gold. We go onto roast meat afterwards also. It’s imperative that the door height is 65% of the dome height (if memory serves me right). Hi Andy, Then using flue rope I’ll put in the chimney tightly. Me again. There are basically two types of wood oven you’ll find in the houses. Cheers Types Of Pizza Oven. My favorite post so far about pizza ovens. Otherwise, I’d still be tempted to treat the chimney as a separate part of the oven. To support the last few courses I used some old drywall pieces cut to the radius and stacked inside the dome. The shuttering was quite complex as the edge support had to be thin enough to form the radius. Cheers Let me know if I can help. *No spam... ever. Randy. 995979268 and registered for VAT. I’d love to see some pics from yours as you go. Cheers For now, I keep the oven covered with a BBQ cover which I don’t like the look of, but since it’s important to keep the oven dry (to avoid long heating up times and escaping steam problems) I’ll just have to live with it for now. Ian. Hmm, maybe it’s flexible enough/unaffected by the heat enough to cope? If I was buying them I guess I’d buy 150…. Don’t forget to make an ‘after oven’ space for the cooked pizzas, yum. I will enclose photo’s as I build but that won’t be for 2-3 months yet. It also means adding the right amount of water, you should aim for a smooth mix, not too dry it crumbles but not so wet it’s like soup. 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