4. Set the Cooking Floor
Overview
Measure your hearth to ensure that you are centering your
oven left and right on the hearth. How far back you set the
cooking surface will depend on the size and material you
are using for the oven landing in front of the oven opening.
Do a trial layout using your oven landing material and your
oven floor. This will help you place your oven to the correct
depth on the hearth slab.
Instructions
Using a sponge, dampen the hearth and the cooking floor
with water. Spread a layer of refractory mortar using a 3/8"
notched trowel. Lay your cooking surface in place. Place
your vent landing last. Check for level. This is your true
cooking surface, so it is vital that it is completely level in all
directions. Check again that the oven "faces" straight
forward.
4.1. Fill the joints with Refmix and clean well.
Fill the joints between the cooking surface elements with
refractory mortar. Take care to make sure that no mortar is
left above the level of the cooking surface. Do not put any
material between the cooking surface and the oven dome.
4.2. Set the vent landing level with the cooking floor.
Set your custom oven landing material in place using the
appropriate setting compound (thinset, mortar, etc.).
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