9. Igloo Enclosure
Overview
The Igloo is a traditional Italian and Mediterranean pizza
oven design style where the enclosure follows the basic
lines of the oven dome and chimney -- thus the Igloo.
Instructions
There are two ways of making the Igloo shape, both of
which follow the guidelines set forth in Graphic 9.1. First,
you can create the Igloo using stucco lathe and insulating
concrete. The insulating concrete is then covered with a
thin finish coat of waterproof stucco.
Second, the Igloo shape can be created with rebar and
stucco lathe, separately from the dome. Drill 1/4” holes
around the perimeter of the oven hearth, the distance you
want away from the exterior of your oven, to
accommodate your insulation thickness. Insert pieces of
pencil rebar in the holes, and bend them to the desired
Igloo shape. Cover the pencil rebar with stucco mesh, and
secure it in place with concrete tie wire to make the Igloo
frame solid.
Fill the gap between the stucco mesh and the oven with a
vermiculite-based insulating concrete. Cover the entire
structure with a 1/2"-3/4" undercoat of stucco, followed by
a finish stucco coat to the style you prefer. Finally, seal the
entire oven with a weatherproof stucco coat or paint.
9.1. The layers of an Igloo oven.
9.2. The oven dome and lathe shape the Igloo.
9.3. Rebar and lathe shape the Igloo.
9.4. Rough coat of stucco on wire lathe.
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