Pompei oven progress from Carlo

[gjbingham]

Not difficult. More fun! Relax and enjoy the build! Great work so far.

[mannextdoor]

Originally Posted by biondoli

little update ....Worked all week end and went up to row 8, now starts the hard and difficult work!

Very nice work. This picture in this post looks like your oven opening is very close to the edge. What size did you make your foundation slab, and hearth slab? Do you wish that you would have made it bigger?

[biondoli]

Mannex,
here the picture with the measures...sure I would have liked much bigger, but on the back of the oven I have a sink and I need space there as well....so after long thinking I decided to go with the min requirements and then use it and understand what really need and where...then maybe build a working area on the front left side of the oven.
In the end the internal diameter of the oven ended up to be 38 inches...which is not a bad mistake!
Thanks for your comments

[gjbingham]

I think it will work well for you Carlo. Nice graphic. You should post it on the tips, tricks, tools (or whatever the name of the the section is) as The Plan for a Corner Installation. The questions come up over and over again. Your's is the best graphic so far.

[biondoli]

Over the week end the dome was closed and arch for the vent finished, had to buy the 4th 50lb heat stop mortar, not much used but I'll use it to cover the dome.
I prepared also the transition plate for the next step...

[gjbingham]

Nice work Carlo. That was a quick build. How'd you like it? Its all downhill from here. Enjoy the moment.

[biondoli]

I thought the last part would have been the most difficult, I was wondering what to use for the last few rows, an inside ball or casting...looked at the different techniques on the forum and decided to use clamps, they worked wonderfully, I finished the last 2 rows + the key stone in the same day.

[biondoli]

I will switch all my updates now to the Chimneys and finish section.........