Vermiculite Pizza Oven Floor

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.

Vermiculite pizza oven floor.

Now the vermiculite mix but first here is a tip for gardeners. Comparing the weight and strength of wood fired oven doors constructed of vermicrete and percrete. Ensure to keep the mix very wet add more water if you find it too dry. The dome is formed by applying the concrete over a spherical mold commonly an exercise ball and leaving it to dry.

Finally add the last 50 litre vermiculite slowly until the mix comes to the correct consistency adding more water if necessary. Even it helps to add another insulating material on pizza oven. 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. It works as good and very effective insulator in pizza oven.

All i was looking for to calculate the amount of material needed for making a lightweight concrete form vermiculite. A 10l bag of vermiculite cost 5 at the garden centre. At this stage the mixture should be a wet slurry mix. Litre bag of vermiculite.

Also page for how to add back up insulation to refractory hot. When the new perlite oven is in location we will do some h. I started with a dry mix of 5 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland cement. Vermiculite insulation for pizza oven dome.

A 100l bag from a fire stove store cost 19 go figure. Ball in hand test. 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. By vermiculite for my pizza oven job.

Add the 25kgs of ciment fondu. Vermiculite is mixed with cement at different ratio and applied on oven dome hearth and top of the oven roof as insulating material. 4 10 lb ft3 64 160kg m3 and thermal conductivity. Vermiculite is used to insulate oven dome outside.

We created a 4 layer of vermicrete made up of 9 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland cement a part is a spade full.