Wood Fired Pizza Oven Concrete Slab

The materials were sometimes tricky to find however generally i found them at hardware and oven refractory places.

Wood fired pizza oven concrete slab.

The base specifications of a wood fired pizza oven. These builders will use a 5 1 6 1 or 7 1 parts insulator to one part concrete to build their hearth and skin the pizza oven dome. Excavate your pizza oven foundation photo 1 then frame the slab with 2 x6 lumber set to the correct height. While there are several ways you could go about this we recommend building the stand on reinforced concrete foundations using core filled versaloc or besser blocks for the walls.

This pizza oven must weigh about 300kgs so it needs to be well constructed. The slab is around the 12 13 inches thick mark yes very thick with enough reo bar in it the build a house on. I ve finally finished the building of my wood fired pizza oven. An outdoor pizza oven is essentially a contained wood fire so you will need a solid fireproof base.

Building a brick dome for a wood fired pizza oven setting out first course. It took a while to put everything together however the final outcome has been completely worth it. While you can create a base out of concrete pavers a rough concrete slab cast specifically for this purpose gives you the greatest flexibility in terms of size and appearance. But it has worked out good as it is a free standing slab and i know there is no way its going anywhere.

A single dome for a wood burning oven takes about 0 5 cubic meter of gravel it s a small job and it is interesting enjoyable work. I started by laying a concrete slab 155cm x 175cm x 10cm. It s good fun and i find it easier than mixing the pizza dough. 1 you will need to build a base with a 15cm thick concrete slab for the oven to sit on.

But the brickie who helped me did his calcuations wrong and made the concrete double strength. This base will help to carry the weight of the oven raise it to an operational cooking level and the thick floor will help to insulate the oven. Mixing the refractory concrete this way without a concrete mixer machine is not a very hard job. If necessary hold the frame in place with wood stakes.

Pros and cons of vermiculite or perlite. The concrete slab sits straight on top of the framework.