12-02-2009, 01:46 AM
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 | Apprentice | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney Australia
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 Re: Finally closed my oven!
Gregg, thanks for the comment on the rendering I did try hard and it turned out the way I had imagined it would. I only used the ckicken wire to give the render something to hang on to. The trick is to take your time when doing the wire and cut, twist and stretch the wire to get a perfect dome shape. The render mix was a simple 4 parts sand 1 part off white cement and 1/2 a cup of Australian builders brand "sandstone" oxide from Bunnings. I also mixed my water with Silasec to the recomended strength to make the whole thing water proof.The other thing to remember is to make sure the render can expand along all directions of your arch, by this I mean that if the render is attached to your arch on an edge it will crack during expansion across the dome as your arch expands, where if it is coming into contact with your arch on the rear flat surface it will crack along the joint between the arch and render which is not a problem at all. I am not sure if I have explained this well but if you PM me I will give you my phone number and I can help you that way. Good luck! |
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