Comments on: Jumping bricks, or: inside out oven building

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:06:15 +0000

Looks a lot more sophisticated than the oven I am making based on reading your book "Build Your Own Earth Oven"! Would love to attempt one out of adobe bricks…

I have a question regarding door width. The door on the above oven appears to be wider than it is high. Acknowledging the importance of the ratio of door height to interior dome height–does it matter how wide it is?

By: kerry

kerry — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:33:12 +0000

Thanks for the info via email. I should have read more closely. I have recently been reading your book and am digging the foundation for my first oven. I am so excited. Thanks for writing the book.

I just noticed the descriptions on these photos do not match the photos starting at 'here she wets the brick form.' though 'pull the form: the brick is ready to slide off onto a flat surface for drying.'

By: Bricks Galore!

Bricks Galore! — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:27:26 +0000

[...] oven. I decided to go with the 'build the bricks first' approach after reading about an oven redo using such a procedure. It was written by the same gentleman that wrote the book I have been using as a reference for this [...]

By: jason Saunders

jason Saunders — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:16:49 +0000

Kiko- Very nice pictorial, very well done could not have understood it without the very detailed pix and descriptions. Laying on your back would have been difficult at best!

By: chris

chris — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:59:54 +0000

very cool pictoral I enjoyed it.

Pizza on Guido, pizza on!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:24:47 +0000

Very cool process! I have a cob oven and I want to redo it. I was considering using bricks but like you said I could make my own mud/clay bricks and store them till I'm ready to build. I've only been thinking of rebuilding because of some falling chipping cob inside the oven and dome cracking with use on the outside. Fortunately the chipping falling pieces inside have not happened while cooking. I am guessing I could make my bricks even smaller because I have a smaller oven. Very interesting technique and good write up. THANKS! CS