Installation guide

Pompeii Oven Instructions

Tips and Hints

When selecting the direction your oven will face, consider

making sure that your opening does not face possible

winds, which might disrupt your cooking and fire

management.

We recommend using angle iron and a course of blocks

across the open span between the stand's legs for the top

course of the stand. It provides security that the hearth will

never sag, causing serious problems to your oven, and the

added cost and time is low.

We also recommend dry stacking your blocks, then filling

every other core (or the corners) with concrete. It's a lot

faster, and sturdier as well.

Block the cores that you have not filled with your empty

concrete bag to stop your hearth concrete from spilling

into the holes. (Photo 2.7)

2.7. Filling the cores.

Much like your foundation, remember that while it is

important that your stand is level, square, and plumb, the

blocks will be completely covered with your finish material.

Beautiful masonry work on your stand is not essential

here.

Use a grinder with a diamond blade to remove the 3/8"

from the blocks that sit on the angle iron brace across the

span. It will go fast.

To fill your stand cores, mix a wet batch of concrete.

Shovel it into a 5-gallon bucket, and pour it into the cores.

Construct a cardboard funnel, or attach a paint pourer to

the bucket to make it go fast.

2.8. Filling the cores.