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Pizza Oven and dangerous days.

1/6/2013

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The oven is going very well, nearly complete. After surviving the morning   (Martin swinging off a ladder in a freezing, howling gale), me lending my weight to stabilize the ladder, and the unfinished roof on the new shed flapping  like the percussion section of an infants school band, we thought a change of pace for the afternoon would be nice. So, we have lit the first fire in the pizza oven, not too hot, just enough to see if it will draw properly. Looks like all systems go. Just hope the wind doesn't change direction and create a whole new crisis on the shed front.
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The first fire, just a small one to start curing the clay.
The internal floor of the oven has a radius of 42cm, with a door opening of 53cm, the height of the dome has to be 42cm which means ( apparently) the door arch is 265mm, ( 63% of the dome height) to make it draw properly. 
Used 50% clay, 40% sand and 10% cement. The whole shell being half bricks using the clay mix as mortar and for the skin coating.
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