Day 12

A change in the plan . . . . .
All week long Tom had a plan in his head on how he was going to create the support for the hearth bed. With the Foamglass arriving this Tuesday he wanted to get the support base welded and the forms cut and inserted so that next weekend we could pour the cement base and insert the re bar for the hearth bed. Well, Friday night came and Tom realized that although his idea of a steel support base was what he wanted to do, working with a rigid welded frame would not give him any flexibility to work with the little inconsistencies of the block foundation. And in the end not allow for him to get the support base level.

Our 2006 Oven Base

This is what Tom did with our original oven in 2006. After the base of
cement mixed with vermiculite was poured and the hearth bed set, the wooden
base was then removed from the bottom.

Now that it was Saturday, and all of the contractor supply houses closed for the weekend, we found ourselves at the Big Box stores getting the SuperStrut product that Tom decided would be a better choice for base. We ended up buying out the product at both Home Depot and Lowe's!

Tom cuts the channels to length

Each channel is bolted to the side of the foundation wall

The channels are all bolted together

The frame taking shape

Securing all the channels

An almost completed frame. Just a few more channels will need to be added.

In the end, we're pleased with the change in plan. With just a little more work to finish the support frame, Tom will be able to build the forms this coming weekend and then we'll plan on pouring the hearth bed on the weekend of 2/4.

Thanks for stopping by and we look forward to getting you next weeks update.
Kath