Wood Fired Pizza Oven Concrete Slab

Excavate your pizza oven foundation photo 1 then frame the slab with 2 x6 lumber set to the correct height.

Wood fired pizza oven concrete slab.

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. This pizza oven must weigh about 300kgs so it needs to be well constructed. The first step in building a wood fired oven is to construct a solid stand. An outdoor pizza oven is essentially a contained wood fire so you will need a solid fireproof base.

But the brickie who helped me did his calcuations wrong and made the concrete double strength. I started by laying a concrete slab 155cm x 175cm x 10cm. 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. Many do it yourself pizza oven builders as well as importers of authentic italian brick ovens are big advocates for using vermiculite or perlite mixed with concrete.

If necessary hold the frame in place with wood stakes. 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. It s good fun and i find it easier than mixing the pizza dough. 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.

I ve finally finished the building of my wood fired pizza oven. The base specifications of a wood fired pizza oven. Pros and cons of vermiculite or perlite. 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. The materials were sometimes tricky to find however generally i found them at hardware and oven refractory places. 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. The concrete slab sits straight on top of the framework.

Check to make sure that the longer stud sits inside the shorter stud and that the frame opening is the right dimension. The slab is around the 12 13 inches thick mark yes very thick with enough reo bar in it the build a house on.