Chimney should be as far to the front as possible. Make sure there's plenty of insulation and it's sealed in well with render. As mentioned above, put a nice extension on the chimney to keep the neighbours happy. A chinaman's hat on top is ideal for when the oven is not being used and allows you to cook while it's raining - with the right wind direction, the venturi style outlets tend to funnel small amounts of water down into the oven and bring soot and crap with it.

Curing the oven after the concrete and render has set should be very slow or youll have cracks everywhere - the moisture will generally take 4 - 5 heat cycles to get to a level where you can get the oven up to temperature without damaging it.

Also consider casting some brackets or lifting lugs into the slab should you ever decide to move house and take it away with you. A well built oven is heavier than it looks (mine weighs around the 2t mark).

Good luck. Get the pics flowing!

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Been wanting to build one of these for awhile, i'm keen to see your progress and hear more about that $550 kit too.

We decided not to fix ours in position, so Linc had a specialised trolley made for it at work.

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It looks good but how does it cook? Needs a PWRX test eating session....

I want to build one of this at my new place. I am probably as excited about building it as I am in making Turkish bread and pizzas etc.

good in theory but P-wrx as a whole don't like to socialise

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Has anyone made one from scratch? I saw some plans for an old school one made from hand made bricks that included straw for thermal insulation and then some high refractive index clay to bounce the heat back on to the food.

At the rate my development approval is progressing....I still have another couple of years to work out a good design.

Also in the process of building a pizza oven.

Got the top concrete slab poured last weekend.




The pooch helping with some paving haha!

That could work well. Just sweep the food scraps straight off the edge of the bench and into the dog. Saves sweeping up.

will put the build up later, people keen to see?

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