I decided to build a steel frame cover it in Hardy Backer, insulate with kiln style material and cover it in natural stone and porcelain tile and keep the whole thing light enough to roll on heavy duty casters. It's all done now, I have photos posted up the point of the roof tiles ready to be installed
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/piomik...9vkwCBbBI.DCgi
Copy this address and take a look let me know what you think. I'll post the final pictures in the next day or so.
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Originally Posted by Yahoo-Archive go for it ken,*you'll never regret it.
based on my experience, if you are working *evenings and weekends, then using the prefab will save at least*6 to 8*weeks off of the construction process. also, with the pompeii, it is difficult to exactly end up with the desired height of the dome (my oven probably ended up more as a Tuscan than a Neopolitan because i overshot the height). that obviously isn't a problem with the pre-fab. given, the difference in cost between the firebrick and the pre-fab, i'm sure i was building my oven for about minimum wage. (ahhh, but the pleasure of breathing brick dust).
that said, you are about a 90 minute drive from my pompeii and you are welcome to**"come on down" and take a look at my base, landing*and dome treatment.*
my oven pictures are at <http://www.cpsusa.com/ebay/pompeiioven.htm> www.cpsusa.com/ebay/pompeiioven.htm |