These are some photographs taken during the building of our stove. They are not comprehensive nor staged but reflect the work as it happened.
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- 1) The base slab showing ash drop hole and air inlet slot.
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- 2) Components from Tempcast: firedoor; transfer box; cleanout doors; cement; seals; mineral wool . . .
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- 3) The numbered refractory castings for the core unpacked and awaiting assembly.
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- 4) The platform slab on a layer of blockwork to give a raised hearth.
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- 5) The smoke channel shown takes combustion gases from the right of the stove to the left (flue) side and runs under the rear of the firebox base.
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- 6) The ash drop cavity beneath the firebox with the inner sides of the smoke channels in place.
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- 7) The base of the firebox in place. A piece of cardboard prevents cement and debris falling down the hole and protects the cast iron grid when positioned.
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- 8) The firebox is completed and the secondary combustion chamber is underway. The ratchet strap provides stability while the cement sets if permanent banding is not used.
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- 9) The transfer box between the core and the flue with integral cleanout door and damper. The appropriate smoke channel is cut to fit the box.
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- 10) The bread oven base is in place (models without the oven have a secondary combustion chamber here). Note the numbered parts for easy assembly.
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- 11) The roof of the oven is curved and fits against the face of the component shown.
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- 12) The oven is completed and the top slab in place. Now the side smoke channels can be fitted.
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- 13) The smoke channels are in place and the cast components are complete. The core is faced with cardboard to provide an expansion gap for the hot core. Note the side cleanout door and the ad-hoc blockwork around the transfer box.
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- 14) The facing is commenced with construction of the raised hearth. Our facing is in double-height bricks. Note the scratch-built fibro boxing to extend the cleanout space in the transfer box forward. The air inlet door will be built into the slot in the front of the core below the firedoor opening.
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- 15) The facing proceeds with the firedoor positioned and propped and the front cleanout door frame fixed. The flue is 200mm diameter stainless steel.
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- 16) Note that our stove is built against a rammed earth wall. If combustable materials were present in the wall a space would be left and a separate rear masonry facing to the stove would be built.
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- 17) The archwork above the door was designed as work proceeded. Note: the firebox door is built into the facing but the oven door is fixed to the core.
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- 18) The completed facing awaiting a slate hearth and the fire-irons to be fitted in their recess.