Wind???

[Thats Hot]

Good day all,

I was reading over the plans for building our new oven and it mentioned wind

Wind, we have the largest grouping of wind generators in the USA, we have sailboats! Our trees only get three feet tall (just kidding) but we do have wind.

What is to much wind? If so how do I hide my oven from wind tastefully? I am open to all ideas and pic's will help a lot. Thank you in advance.

Mark

[Les]

Mark,

I have wind stories as well. I just lost 16 foot of fence from the last "event". Ours comes predominately from the west. I placed the opening NE so I could view the fire from the back door. When it really blows, it will pull smoke out of the opening. If I had placed the opening facing due east, I think it would have helped a bit. Not much you can do when it gets to 80+ mph except building the oven inside an enclosure.

[Thats Hot]

Thanks Les,

Yes you folks do have the W word out there! I am looking to place the opening in a happy medium with a view towards the house and staying out of trouble with the wind. Is there an MPH guide that let's you know yes or no? Thanks for your help.

Mark

[Les]

Originally Posted by Thats Hot

Is there an MPH guide that let's you know yes or no?

Not that I'm aware of. I've lost fence, a tree, and many shingles - not one brick has blown off.

[Mike D]

I think Les has it right, it's more about orientation of the opening. If you know how the wind comes into your yard or where you are going to put your oven, don't put the put the opening right into the wind.

Mike

[RTflorida]

Living about 6 miles from the gulf, the sea breeze is typically from the west (about 8 months of the year). Summer months the eastern sea breeze dominates. The perfect placement for access and keeping an eye on fires from the house meant the opening facing S/SE. Also made sense cosidering the sea breezes.......well, seems like EVERY time I fire my oven it is just before or just after a "front" has passed and the wind is coming from the south. Add into the equation my house, neighbors house, pool screen enclosure, palm trees, oak tree and the wind seems to swirl around my oven on the best of days.
Bottom line, make yourself a door (preferably insulated) that can stand on its own, that you can use as a wind block in front of your oven; works great on those windy days. Then you can use it for retaining the heat afterwards or for baking/roasting.

RT

[Paul in Rockwall TX]

our winds in N. Texas are hard from the south or hard from the north. I have the back of the oven facing northwest, opening southeast. this is so i can see inside the oven from the patio, and also our house blocks some of the prevailing south wind. haven't had a problem.

i was concerned during curing when the fires were small and smoky. a lot of smoke came out and swirled about the front.

but when you're up to full temp, there's no smoke anyway only perhaps a few ashes blowing around inside - but I haven't really even seen much of that.

[Neil2]

You can place a short section of solid 6 foot fencing as wind break.

[Lburou]

I posted a similar question early after arriving here on fornobravo.com. Have seen similar questions several times. There is no cut and dried formula....Its trial and error and hind sight

Many times (as it was in our case) there are no real good alternatives to placement of the oven and oven landing.

The best advice from my thread was from RTflorida and Karangi Dude:

Originally Posted by RTflorida

I just use one of my doors....

....I guess what I am saying, in MOST (not all) areas, it does not make sense to alter you plans based on prevailing winds because of all of the weather variances. Build an insulated door and use it whenever you need a windscreen...it works

RT

Originally Posted by Karangi Dude

.....snip..... So perhaps you can use an outside portable screen for those very windy days and limit the landing depth. I hope this is not to late to help.
Regards Doug

Threads about doors:

Originally Posted by jcg31

(Glass door for the view)http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f9/glass-door-view-5169.html

(oven door)http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f2/oven-door-6581.html#post54043

....snip..... The glass door remains my favorite project and probably most functional "tool" for the oven. If interested and need more detail on plans give a holler.

Jim

Originally Posted by Grimaldi

....snip....I'm pleased with my diamond plate outer door...after I get the fire lit, I put the door over the opening and the fires roars with no smoke out the front.

Below is a pic of my long gone inner door and my outer door (also, now have a stainless deck instead of firebrick sticking out the front).

I believe using the door to ameliorate the affects of the wind is our best bet

[Les]

I just thought of the ultimate solution - build your oven on a lazy Susan. Then you just spin it away from the prevailing wind.