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Pompeii Oven Instructions

Cooking Floor

About 65 full firebricks, set on their flat side

Fine mesh sand and fireclay

Oven Dome

About 135 full firebricks, cut in half

About (150-200) lbs high heat mortar

(1) 4'x1.25"x1.25" angle iron (cut in half)

Styrofoam panels (for forms)

Dome Insulation

Either, (1) 50 sq ft box of Insulfrax and (3) 4 cu ft bags

Vermiculite/Perlite

Or, (6) 4 cu ft bags of Vermiculite/Perlite

Or, (2) 50 sq ft boxes of Insulfrax

Vent and Arch (optional)

About (30) common clay bricks (depends on style)

About (50) lbs. masons mortar

Chimney

9” round, or 6”x10” 24”-36” clay flue liner

Or, 8” DuraTech anchor plate, 24”-36” chimney pipe, and

cap

Material List 36" Oven

71" x 80" Foundation

(30) 80lb bags of Ready-Mix concrete

(8) 10' lengths of 1/2" rebar, (4) cut to 80";(4) cut to 94"

(4) 2"x6"x8' studs for framing, (2) cut to 83";(2) cut to 94"

(48) sq ft of wire mesh

(12) rebar stand-offs

(104) sq ft of 6 mil plastic sheeting

Handful of plastic zip-ties, or ball of tie wire

1/2 cu yd of gravel

(1) box 2 1/2" framing nails

63" x 70 " Block Stand

(50) 8x8x16 blocks, (12) of which are cut to 8x8x12

(5) 8x8x8 blocks

(3) 10' pieces of 1/2" rebar, each cut into (3) 40" sections

to fill nine block cores

(14) 80lb bags concrete for filling every other core

(2) 1.5"x1.5"x56" angle iron (for front span)

(3) 60lb bag mortar (to level first course of blocks)

Insulating Hearth

(2) 4'x'8x3/4" sheets of plywood or particle board

(4) 2"x4"x8' wood studs

(4) 2"x6"x8' wood studs

(1) box shims (or make your own from scrap wood)

The rest of the 2 1/2" framing nails

(12) 10' pieces of 1/2" rebar, (6) cut to 72"; (6) cut to 84"

(17) 80lb bags of pre-mixed concrete

Either, (2) 4cu ft bags of Vermiculite or Perlite

(1) 90lb bag of Portland cement

Or, (3) 24”x36”x2” SuperIsol panels

Cooking Floor

About 60 full firebricks, set on their flat side