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Old 11-14-2007, 05:07 PM
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Ok..

I've been thinking about how to finish my dome.

I really want to keep the shape of the dome. But....... I don't want to coat it with perlcrete. I think the cement in the perlcrete lowers the perlite insulating value,.(it's the fluff and the air pockets that makes it such a good insulator.)

So what I have been thinking of doing is building a dome-shaped wire cage around my oven. (I would leave about 6-8 inches between the cage and my dome.) Then covering the cage with aluminum screen, and finally filling the cage by pouring in the perlite through a hole in the top.

Then I am going to place wire lathe around the screen for my stucco layers.

Is this doable? Any reasons why this wouldn't work.

I'd really like to know what everyone thinks.

Thanks a bunch.

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Old 11-14-2007, 05:17 PM
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Default Re: asudavew needs some advice..

Sounds like a very logical way to accomplish what you are looking for
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Old 11-14-2007, 05:30 PM
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Default Re: asudavew needs some advice..

Hey Dave,

That is definitely do-able and lots of people do it that way. As you say, you build a thin rebar and stucco lathe form around the oven, leaving room for insulation, then do the scratch coat and finish coats on top of that structure.

Go for it!
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Default Re: asudavew needs some advice..

Dave, that's going to be my approach and it's in the plans - page 52.

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Make sure your outer enclosure is well sealed around the edges - loose perlite has a tendency to leak out. Otherwise, it sounds like a good plan.
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Default Re: asudavew needs some advice..

Thanks everyone!

I was hoping for positive encouragement!

I plan on starting this weekend. And I also need to make a door.

So ... Dave will be busy on his oven again!
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It's fun working on an oven where you have already cooked. You now get to mix soot with your mortar. It makes a nice greyish, black color, and it doesn't wash out of your shirt.

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Very clever. Have you been staying awake thinking of this stuff?
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