Vermiculite Pizza Oven Floor

Although some grades are a bit more absorbing it won t matter in wood oven it will do the job well as loose in a sealed fill.

Vermiculite pizza oven floor.

We created a 4 layer of vermicrete made up of 9 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland cement a part is a spade full. At this stage the mixture should be a wet slurry mix. Now the vermiculite mix but first here is a tip for gardeners. Vermiculite is used to insulate oven dome outside.

Vermiculite is a heat proof insulation material typically used in chimney backfills and is cheap and easy to find in your local builders yard. I started with a dry mix of 5 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland cement. Ensure to keep the mix very wet add more water if you find it too dry. The dome is formed by applying the concrete over a spherical mold commonly an exercise ball and leaving it to dry.

A vermiculite pizza oven is one that is made from a concrete composed of the coarsely ground highly insulatory mineral vermiculite and a refractory cement suitable to withstand high temperatures. When the new perlite oven is in location we will do some h. A 100l bag from a fire stove store cost 19 go figure. Finally add the last 50 litre vermiculite slowly until the mix comes to the correct consistency adding more water if necessary.

Also page for how to add back up insulation to refractory hot. Add the 25kgs of ciment fondu. All i was looking for to calculate the amount of material needed for making a lightweight concrete form vermiculite. Comparing the weight and strength of wood fired oven doors constructed of vermicrete and percrete.

A 10l bag of vermiculite cost 5 at the garden centre. Litre bag of vermiculite. 0 40 0 45 btu in sq ft deg f 0 058 0 068 w mk i have a book somewhere on perlite concrete s when i get back home i could look in it if. For this part i used 200l of vermiculate to create an insulation base of 6.

1 cubic meter for an area in 100mm or 4 inches thick layer or possibly with an increased thickness for extra structural strength. Vermiculite insulation for pizza oven dome. By vermiculite for my pizza oven job. Ball in hand test.

4 10 lb ft3 64 160kg m3 and thermal conductivity.