Thank you for great videos. One question. In my country it is not possible to buy neither Perlite nor Vermiculite. I would have to import it a great cost. Would you consider using any other lightweight material such as clay pebbles or pumice stone which are widely available here?
I used to like going to Ken Yakitori in Anzac Ave when i lived in Auckland. A tiny wee place smelling of delicious food & v friendly staff...in case you have a chance
I love the look of a golf course, I don’t play but I like the aesthetic of it, especially this one. what’s the rules around public walking on them for just exercise?
Have you ever tried or considered mixing Perlite and Vermiculite in different ratios for your mix? I’ve been meaning to experiment with this idea. Furthermore I’ve considered first soaking Vermiculite in water for it to saturate and expand prior to mixing it with cement to make it more workable and to prevent cracking due to expansion when heated
We live on the edge of this golf course. On Sunday I walked the full 18 holes for the first time with five golfers, including the Club Captain, playing in a local competition. I have started taking golf lessons.
Thanks for this! Could you elaborate how you collect the water from rain and into the tanks? looking for similar solutions given our current drought in the mediterranean, but unsure how to collect the rain water to fill the tanks. Cheers!
Only one mention of the actual purpose of thr material, insulation, and that was anecdotal. Every other property mentioned is either irrelevant or wasnt an equal comparrison. I dont need a fire brick to he crash tested or handle vehicle traffic. It needs to insulate and last many heat cycles. EG. Kaowool. Great insulation and lastes for ages in high heat cylces, yet doesnt have any other the other prperties mentioned in this video. All the other properties only hecome relevant once the first 2 are sorted.
I would not recomment the use of chickenmash. It's metal and it has an dufrent expending coeficient than the cement / perlite. One other thing is that cement morter has a chemical drying proces and less air drying. What you can do is to put your oven, after a view days depending on the thickness, in a water bad fully supmerged. Leav it in for at least 8 day's and then let it dry feurther. By puttibg it under water the chemicall drying proces gets enough time. Therefore it does not crack. Talk to people who are in the concrete business and rhey will tell you that they keep concrete foundation and slab's wet by regularly spaying it with water.
Heya Tom. Thanks for these videos. I've bought some fire bricks and was about to dive into making a hibachi from these, but this seems like this is a much easier, lighter and more adjustable solution. Thank you! :) I currently have a cheap hibachi that I'm pretty sure is made from a mix like this, but seems to be plastered with a thin clay slip maybe? Do you have any ideas about this? Recipes for the slip maybe? I'm also looking for a solution that would enable me to control airflow. Any suggestions? Cheers :)
I just lined my red brick wood fired kiln with mortar mix and vermiculite mixed together to form a plaster that is 3/4th of an inch thick. It stuck really well and so far no shrinkage. Some say mix it 50/50 but I mixed mine 60/40 with the 60% being mortar mix. We will see how it goes after firing. 80 dollars is better than fire bricks at around $225.00. I believe it will work just fine, we will see.
Bom dia! Estou querendo fazer um fogão de lenha Rocket stove compacto Usando apenas massa com perlite Sem usar tijolos! Poderia me informar o traço de massa adequada????
I have seen people who dedicated 5 days to start the temperature in the oven starting from 175 degrees up to around 400 degrees, increasing it day by day - in any case I keep the idea of perlite in mind, I will certainly use that not only on the outside but also on the inside construction of the base together with expanded clay + refractory cement logically - greetings from Italy
in the last video you said 1 part Cement, in this video ure saying 2 parts cement just like before so thats a pretty important thing to get right im guessing so whitch one is right
If you build another oven, you might add some chopped fiberglass to the mixture. That might also reduce the chances of cracking. Since it is pretty cheap, it might be worth trying.
Good morning, I'm about to build a pizza oven but I'm having trouble finding perlite in Italy! I saw your video where you explain the pros and cons but I also saw that in the first oven you made some mistakes, for example not having put a reinforcement between the layers and having turned it on for the first time by heating it too much which caused the cracks. My question is this: since I can't find perlite I would like to make it in vermiculite by placing the mesh between the various layers and turning it on slowly the first few times. In your opinion, if it remains outdoors, the vermiculite is too weak to resist?
