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 … [...]
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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 : Archway and Unexpected Developments. Posted on July 22, 2012 by admin. Today was a moment of truth when we scooped out the sand holding up the archway and it stayed solidly standing! It also revealed the flat front we had … [...] Building the first layer of the dome was met with yet more good luck; we were just getting started when 2 kiwi's, Sarah and Mark, rocked on up and said “What are you guys doing, can we help?” So of course we said yes! [...] We started the day with Karen building a sand support for the front archway. It took about an hour to build up the sand in the right shape and have it be just wet enough to hold it's shape and not too wet for water to seep out the … [...] Our initial thoughts about laying the tiles being really a really easy part of finishing off the oven before we start the dome was not quite correct. Well, once we figured out our technique it was pretty easy, but what we didn't … [...] As mentioned yesterday, we planned to light our first fire today to assist with drying out the 1st and 2nd layers of the dome, bring out the cracks so we can fill them in, and test the height of the door. We learned via the magical .. [...] 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 .. [...] 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 … [...] |
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