BenjaMia Bakehouse Project

[asudavew]

Looks good Jim.

Get some heavy cardboard and cover that floor!
Cut it to fit!

Trust me on that one....
DAve

[SpringJim]

I know, I know.....

[asudavew]

Originally Posted by SpringJim

I know, I know.....

That's what I said....then spent many hours kikin myself in the crack and cleaning up mortar,

[SpringJim]

Dave, it's a technique I've used when doing stucco work on concrete walls. You're always spilling a bunch of the stucco.

It's so nice to lift up that ratty wet dirty nasty mushy cardboard and have a clean floor underneath.

I'll get right on it!

[SpringJim]

Here is the after and before shot....

I had some perlite mix left over so I filled the holes in the stand....was surprised that it worked so well!

[SpringJim]

The first skew course in in place and the floor still clean!

[SpringJim]

Finally put in the cardboard floor protection. Since the first course was set the cardboard was just pushed into place against the soldiers.

Laying the second brick course....I'm using a premix refractory to set the brick with the shim and then filling in with the homebrew refractory.

[SpringJim]

I mix the homebrew refractory in big batches to infill the bricks and joints using a mortar bag and trowel.

....then smear the remaining mixture over the dome for strength and some additional dome mass.

Now I need to do the arch and some additional buttressing!

[asudavew]

Looking good Jim.

It's about to get a bit more challenging.

Good luck on the arch. Have you got it figured out in your head yet?
That part about drove me nutz!
Not sure if I have it in my head YET........

[DrakeRemoray]

Arch-smarch! Cast a vent for better draw and easier construction. Since the front is going to be in the enclosed bake house, good draw is going to be important...

Drake