Vermiculite Pizza Oven Floor

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Vermiculite pizza oven floor.

Vermiculite insulation for pizza oven dome. All i was looking for to calculate the amount of material needed for making a lightweight concrete form vermiculite. It works as good and very effective insulator in pizza oven. Also page for how to add back up insulation to refractory hot.

Vermiculite is a heat proof insulation material typically used in chimney backfills and is cheap and easy to find in your local builders yard. When the new perlite oven is in location we will do some h. Add the 25kgs of ciment fondu. For this part i used 200l of vermiculate to create an insulation base of 6.

A vermiculite pizza oven is one that is made from a concrete composed of the coarsely ground highly insulatory mineral vermiculite and a refractory cement suitable to withstand high temperatures. The dome is formed by applying the concrete over a spherical mold commonly an exercise ball and leaving it to dry. Even it helps to add another insulating material on pizza oven. Now the vermiculite mix but first here is a tip for gardeners.

We created a 4 layer of vermicrete made up of 9 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland cement a part is a spade full. 0 40 0 45 btu in sq ft deg f 0 058 0 068 w mk i have a book somewhere on perlite concrete s when i get back home i could look in it if. Although some grades are a bit more absorbing it won t matter in wood oven it will do the job well as loose in a sealed fill. A 100l bag from a fire stove store cost 19 go figure.

Ball in hand test. I started with a dry mix of 5 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland cement. Ensure to keep the mix very wet add more water if you find it too dry. Finally add the last 50 litre vermiculite slowly until the mix comes to the correct consistency adding more water if necessary.

Vermiculite is used to insulate oven dome outside. Vermiculite is mixed with cement at different ratio and applied on oven dome hearth and top of the oven roof as insulating material. 1 cubic meter for an area in 100mm or 4 inches thick layer or possibly with an increased thickness for extra structural strength. By vermiculite for my pizza oven job.

Litre bag of vermiculite.