Well i quess im building an oven!

[dmun]

You have two choices, pour a slab on a well-drained bed of crushed stone, in which case your excavation should be fine, or to dig down below the frost line, and pour footings on undisturbed soil, and build your structure up from there.

The first choice should be fine if it's a free-standing oven, without a tall masonry chimney.

[FIREANDFLAMES]

Well five hours later i dug the hole to 10" and filled it with pea gravel (about 3-4" tommorrow i will get some crushed gravel and compact it. Some pics for all. Any recommendations or issues you see let me know.

[mfiore]

Now that's some fine helpers! I'm sure you'll pay them in pizza later!

[FIREANDFLAMES]

Well i just finished with the gravel (1yard) and packed it. Then i cut up an old tarp laid that down, then wire mesh (some old chainlink fence i had) and rebar. I think im ready for concrete. Ill probably wait till the end of the month to avoid any freezing issues. Again if anyone sees any issues let me know.

[FIREANDFLAMES]

OUCH.... 50 CINDER BLOCKS COST ME $3.29 EACH

Wallet not happy!!!!

[brokencookie]

Originally Posted by FIREANDFLAMES

Wallet not happy!!!!

Wallet be happy later !!! You just have to do some modern math.

Buying pizza = $25 for the family
Making pizza = $3 for the family

You save $22 everytime you fire your oven.

Now the important math

Buying pizza made in a factory and cooked by minimum wage careless students ---- Tastes bad and is very expensive

Making your own pizza with love, and cooking it excellently in your WFO.....Cheap and priceless.



Bruce

[gjbingham]

Build it Bruce! There's no time like the present, except for yesterday, or in the case of planting trees, 20 years ago.

[Frances]

Originally Posted by gjbingham

There's no time like the present, except for yesterday, or in the case of planting trees, 20 years ago.

I like that! You should put that as your quote line.

[FIREANDFLAMES]

[quote=brokencookie;29788]Wallet be happy later !!! You just have to do some modern math.

Buying pizza = $25 for the family
Making pizza = $3 for the family

You save $22 everytime you fire your oven.

Now the important math

Buying pizza made in a factory and cooked by minimum wage careless students ---- Tastes bad and is very expensive

Making your own pizza with love, and cooking it excellently in your WFO.....Cheap and priceless.


Yeah i like that ........mabye wallet is feeling better now

[FIREANDFLAMES]

The weather network looks great for the end of the month so i will pour my foundation on the 30th or the first! Up until this point it did not feel like it was gonna happen but now im just EXTREMELY EXCITED!!!!