Pizza Oven: The Chimney Saga | Welcome to Forest Retreat Laos

Pizza Oven Laos So it turns out that getting the chimney, and having a chimney that we can use, are two quite different things. On the morning we got the chimney, which arrived with a skirt on the bottom and a mystery bend in … [...]

Pizza Oven: The beginning of the final layers | Welcome to Forest …

For the past week or so, we have all been patiently waiting for the thick insulation layer to dry. We've lit a couple of fires to help with the process, and the chimney hole seems to be working well with the smoke mostly going out .. [...]

Pizza Oven: Stage 1 completed! | Welcome to Forest Retreat Laos

We returned from Thailand last night and not much progress had been made – only half a layer of bricks had been done. So this morning we picked up the pace again this morning and were super excited that Grant and Ella .. [...]

Pizza Oven: Day 4 | Welcome to Forest Retreat Laos

As predicted yesterday, today was more of the same, layering up the bricks. Today's finish looks like this. Forest Retreat Laos building our pizza oven in Luang namtha. Tomorrow we head to Thailand for a few days to buy … [...]

Pizza Oven: Day 3 | Welcome to Forest Retreat Laos

Today was much the same as yesterday, and probably the same as tomorrow too. Adding more layers of bricks is a lot slower than we thought it might be, pretty much just because none of us has any prior experience laying … [...]