[Hendo]

Neill,

Fantastic effort, especially given the lousy weather lately! I’m really impressed at what you’ve achieved over the last two days. It’s looking great, and I’m sure you can smell that first pizza already ….

Good to see another ‘deep throat’ (!) design – my design for a deep vent chamber is similar, forced on me in a sense by my layout. I think your oven should draw very well.

I like the idea of the channels for fibreglass rope seals – can you post details of sizes of channels, seals and supplier? While I’m going down the route of a firebrick arch, I could always incorporate a rope seal into the door when I get to that stage.

Finally, how did you rig up a tarp over your work area? Any chance of a photo? I haven’t ventured outside since the rain started, so things are slipping badly and I need to weather-proof my oven area so I can get going again.

Congratulations!

Paul.