Has anyone on the group made an outdoor pizza oven. I quite fancy
building one of these myself, but all the pre-cast ones I can find
seem expensive (min £400).
http://shop.vitcas.com/outdoor-pizza-oven-68-p.asp
http://www.foroutdoors.co.uk/acatalo...izza_Oven.html

I have reasonable brick laying skils, so I figured if I could get hold
of firebricks easily enough it would be relatively easy to make.

On Aug 17, 1:15*pm, Tim Decker wrote:
Has anyone on the group made an outdoor pizza oven. I quite fancy
building one of these myself, but all the pre-cast ones I can find
seem expensive (min £400).http://shop.vitcas.com/outdoor-pizza...izza_Oven.html

I have reasonable brick laying skils, so I figured if I could get hold
of firebricks easily enough it would be relatively easy to make.

plain bricks will do if youre only burning wood


NT

In article ,
Tim Decker wrote:
Has anyone on the group made an outdoor pizza oven. I quite fancy
building one of these myself, but all the pre-cast ones I can find
seem expensive (min £400).
http://shop.vitcas.com/outdoor-pizza-oven-68-p.asp
http://www.foroutdoors.co.uk/acatalo...izza_Oven.html

I have reasonable brick laying skils, so I figured if I could get hold
of firebricks easily enough it would be relatively easy to make.

I posteed here a few months back about just this - Not done it yet as
there is some scaffolding in the way that I was hoping to have removed
before now, however, my plans revolve round making it entirly out of
clay+sand rather than brick - perhaps with a brick archway. I may be
able to get the clay/sand for free, but there is a commercial plance near
Exeter who can get me a "Grogged Terracotta" mix they reckon is suitable.

There are plans & wikis out there of people who've done this - the general
one seems to be making it in 3 layers - inner layer built over a wicker
"basket" or sand dune covered with damp newspaper, middle layer which
has a high %age of woodshavings or vermiculte mixed in for insulation,
then a finishing layer...

If you're up to it, then you make the clay/sand stuff by hand - or by
foot in wellies on a tarp, but I'm lazy and will buy it ready mixed...

And if it collapses after a few years, I'll build another... Or maybe
something else trendy will have come along by then ;-)

Gordon

Gordon Henderson coughed up some electrons that declared:

I may be
able to get the clay/sand for free

Bring a spade and trailer to my place - you can have all the clay you
like

In article ,
Tim S wrote:
Gordon Henderson coughed up some electrons that declared:

I may be
able to get the clay/sand for free

Bring a spade and trailer to my place - you can have all the clay you
like

Thank you! But you know what... I've tried "puddling" as I undestand
it's called - jumping in clay in wellies to mix in sand and much as I
feel I want the "back to caveman" experience, I feel spending about 50
quid to have 150Kg delivered is worth it...

(I'm told that there's a local quarry throws tonness of some natural 80%
silica content clay at the brick industry which I can get for asking
for it though)

Gordon