where should the chimney go?

[hewynz]

hi im from new zealand and am currently going through the stage of having a very large wood fired oven built for me, i have all the dimensions but im not over sure where and you to construct a hole for the chimney, i am having my oven built out of bricks and will be using it ina restaurant. any info would be greatly appreciated \
thanks
james

[boccu]

hi James - where about are you in NZ? Good to see someone else from around here building a pizza oven! ...... and once it's done I'd love to come to your restaurant and taste it's produce - any wood-fired pizza should be better than the ones we get out of the fast food chains here!

good luck!
John

[dmun]

The chimney goes over the entry opening, at the top of the door to the "igloo". We've heard from someone who put the opening at the top of the dome: it burns wood like a locomotive, and never really gets hot enough for pizza.

[james]

Exactly. You can make it look like the chimney comes out the middle by bringing your chimney pipe back, and over the oven, from the vent above the door opening.
James

[hewynz]

Originally Posted by boccu

hi James - where about are you in NZ? Good to see someone else from around here building a pizza oven! ...... and once it's done I'd love to come to your restaurant and taste it's produce - any wood-fired pizza should be better than the ones we get out of the fast food chains here!

good luck!
John

hey thanks for that, i will be opening i dunedin, i am haing a cooking surface of 2.1m in diameter.. massive