Building The Wood Fired Oven - The Process
The base of the oven
Beginning the Rumford fireplace...
Lining the fireplace with fire brick
Coating the oven floor and countertop with insulated refractory cement.
Oven cleaned up and ready for next step...
Ready to lay the fire bricks
Banker box for shaping stone
Fire bricks; a coat of refractory cement, and the last coating of cob
Close up of cob layer; a mixture of straw and clay
Starting to build the arch
The keystone is the last step in the arch
Pointing the arch
The build continues; view of the oven flue
The progress continues
The final feat of strength-top stone lifted by hand!
Project complete, with roof to protect from the elements