outdoor bread oven help

[Erro Telcontar]

hi folks,

has anyone made a cob (clay) bread oven before?

i'm trying to work out how much clay in kg i'll need. i know each one is different and unique but a ball park figure would be very useful.

thanks in advance

Erro

 

[TeeDee]

hi folks,

has anyone made a cob (clay) bread oven before?

i'm trying to work out how much clay in kg i'll need. i know each one is different and unique but a ball park figure would be very useful.

thanks in advance

Erro

IIRC JohnC has , I'll PM him this thread for you.

 

[Quixoticgeek]

More than you think you will need. But it depends if you dig it yourself, or buy it in powdered form (cheapest), or in wet form ?

J

 

[JohnC]

I used old heavy bricks from a friends (fallen) wall. I found that easier as I did it in stages..





Its in the background here, probably 60-70 bricks in the dome, another 20-25 in the base...

http://clayoven.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/1-building-a-clay-oven-the-basics/

This website has some info on clay ovens..

Good luck with it, its a great project to do brick or clay!

 

[Erro Telcontar]

cheers fellas. i think we're looking at making the whole dome out of clay and cob, but about the same size as the one in your photo johnC.

 

[Erro Telcontar]

I'd be buying it wet i think. it comes in 12.5kg bags so i was thinking around 20 bags

 

[cranmere]

There is a useful looking blog here which might be of some help.

http://thecobovenproject.blogspot.co.uk/