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SketchUp design of the Pompeii Oven base
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44 4x8x16 cinder blocks
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18 80lb bags of cement for the slab
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Starting the hole for the cement slab (where the oven base will be set)
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throwin' dirt
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a hole
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hole, a different angle
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more mixing
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mixing cement
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tam and matt leveling the slab
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cement slab for the oven
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laying out, and cutting block for the base
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Base block cemented, and inner frame for pouring the hearth built
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First section of outer frame for pouring the hearth built
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Josie makes me a "chair" from spare wood
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Josie's helper
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Outer frame for pouring the hearth completed
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poured hearth
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frame removed
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tiling and snacking
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Tam tiling
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Tile Queen
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Tiled and stuccoed
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picked up the fire brick, and lugged to the back yard.
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measurements for the dome
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Oven Dome in Progress
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Building The Oven Dome - Time Lapse
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Completed Dome 01
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Completed Dome 02
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Inside the dome