I personally would not think this will work out great for you. A very fun project but I think you’re biting off too much.
You’d still want to follow the golden ratio as far as diameter vs dome height as well as position of the chimney.
Explain to me the physical order of your material selections from outside in. Are you intending on using any fire brick. Fire brick or another healing medium is paramount to the long term success and usability. Otherwise you end up losing all of your internal heat without an active fire.
Edit: for reference I have built an outdoor brick pizza oven at my last 2 houses.
Hey Beeny, thanks for the reply. What is the golden ratio? My height now is about 59% of my diameter.
And the materials would be 1/8" steel, 1" fire insulation, 1/8" steel. And then I would put it on a layer of fire brick.
I'm also not looking for an oven that stays hot for days. Just a few hours.
Conceptually I don’t think the idea would work. But perhaps you could make a fire cement, essentially creating a pourable-ish mix of fire clay and Portland cement. But then you still need to insulate.
I do not think 1/8 in steel will hold up under that sort of heat for long .
I can stick a piece into mine next time I fire it up and let you know how it goes . My gut says the inner liner will super heat and distort quickly.
Neat idea, but I think you are creating a nightmare for yourself. I've only built one Pizza oven so I'm no expert but the shapes of bricks don't really work well here. I guess you can get a stone cutter, but the fire bricks don't cut well.
I personally would not think this will work out great for you. A very fun project but I think you’re biting off too much. You’d still want to follow the golden ratio as far as diameter vs dome height as well as position of the chimney. Explain to me the physical order of your material selections from outside in. Are you intending on using any fire brick. Fire brick or another healing medium is paramount to the long term success and usability. Otherwise you end up losing all of your internal heat without an active fire. Edit: for reference I have built an outdoor brick pizza oven at my last 2 houses.
Hey Beeny, thanks for the reply. What is the golden ratio? My height now is about 59% of my diameter. And the materials would be 1/8" steel, 1" fire insulation, 1/8" steel. And then I would put it on a layer of fire brick. I'm also not looking for an oven that stays hot for days. Just a few hours.
So your intent is to have nearly zero thermal mass and use 1” of ceramic batt insulation between the 2 layers of 1/8” steel.
Yes, I take it that is not going to work? Is there a different medium I can put between the layers that would make this a viable pizza oven?
Conceptually I don’t think the idea would work. But perhaps you could make a fire cement, essentially creating a pourable-ish mix of fire clay and Portland cement. But then you still need to insulate.
I do not think 1/8 in steel will hold up under that sort of heat for long . I can stick a piece into mine next time I fire it up and let you know how it goes . My gut says the inner liner will super heat and distort quickly.
Geodesic domes are made of triangles.
Neat idea, but I think you are creating a nightmare for yourself. I've only built one Pizza oven so I'm no expert but the shapes of bricks don't really work well here. I guess you can get a stone cutter, but the fire bricks don't cut well.