We’ve kept the slab covered with plastic. It’s been three days so we removed the forms. A great tip from a Youtube video – cover the screws with a piece of duct tape so the cement doesn’t get in the…
Category: Pizza Oven
Hearth Cement
This morning we got an early start and poured the cement top. It took 21 1/2 – 80 pound bags of cement. I mixed the cement and poured into the frame. My wife used the cement vibrator to get rid…
Rebar
Today we worked on the rebar. Got it cut, tied together and ready for cement to be poured. I didn’t get any pictures so I added one from the pour to show the rebar.
Hearth frame and rebar
We have a lot of rain in the forecast starting Wednesday, June 2nd. We need to get the top poured no later than Tuesday. So today we focused on getting the forms built. For the two interior sections I mounted…
Filled Block with Cement
The cement mixer worked great. Very happy with this purchase. It can mix two 80 pound bags of cement at one time. I found it easier to manage just doing one at a time but it can hold two. I…
Cement Mixer and Cement
The first thing we did today was put together the cement mixer. The instructions are not very good but we managed to get it together fairly easy. It only took a couple hours. Next step, purchase the cement. I calculated…
Final Layer
In order to have the pizza oven at the height we want, we needed to use half height blocks for the top layer. This will add 4″ instead of 8″ to the height. We plan to fill the core of…
Angle Iron to Span the Opening
Before we can continue I need to get angle iron to bridge the opening. Lowes and Home Depot only had 1/8″ thick angle iron. I needed something stronger. I found 1-1/2 in. x 48 in. Solid Steel Angle, 1/4 in.…
Building the base continues….
We started the day thinking we would finish the four additional layers in about 2 hours. It can’t be that difficult since the first layer is level….we just have to build up and keep it level. Boy were we wrong!…
First layer is done
Getting the first layer square and level is the hardest part. It took a lot more time than I thought it would. We finally got it square and lined up with the existing patio. Then meticulously made sure the height…