11.4. An oven door from the Forno Bravo Store.
After you are done cooking your pizzas for the night
and the fire has been raked out of the oven you can
still cook a meal in it. An insulated door that is placed
up against the inner revel on the oven side of the vent
opening is used here. This door is located behind the
vent opening (058doorstop.jpg). A simple, thick
hardwood door can also be used, but make sure that
your handles are isolated so that you do not burn your
hands. It may burn or char if your oven is over 500 F.
If you want a highly insulated oven door using FB
Board, be certain to fully enclose the FB Board in
another building material. FB Board is a ceramic fiber
product that you should not come in contact with for
long periods of time.
Other Door Design Options
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Mounting splits of firebrick on cement board.
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A sandwich of FB Board with cement board or a
metal shell on either side.
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A sandwich of cement board, FB Board, and
wood, where the cement board faces the hot
oven.
Tips and Hints
You can build the form for your brick entry arch from either
plywood, or Styrofoam.
To get the shape you want, lay out your arch on your from
material, then mark the curve with a builder’s pencil. Cut out
the form, and you are on your way.
Pompeii Oven Instructions
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