Pompeii-style wood/pizza oven


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I built a wood-oven for myself in Sep -09. but had difficulty in finding a fire-brick supplier in the U,K, so I built it using circa 1900's red full clays.

It functions well but would have reached it's full heat potencial if I had used fire-brick in the build, so I have decided to rebuild the dome using the correct fire-brick. I still have the same problem however in finding a fire-brick supplier.

Would any DIY forum members know of any wood-oven fire-brick/material suppliers that I can contact?

I hope that this posting is in keeping within the guidlines of this forum.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Terry (C.F)

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years ago i bought a huge bag of dry fire clay from our local builder's merchant to line an industrial heater. don't remember how much it was but i do remember it was remarkably cheap.

i believe pottery and other types of furnace and kilns are lined with firebrick. maybe someone in stoke could help.

there is a famous wood burning bread oven somewhere in the lakes producing specialist breads and distributing nationwide...

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Thats a good Idea Verne. Terry, I'd bet if you got in touch with any potteries, or kiln makers, they can tell you where to get some from :D

Welcome to the DIY Forum by the way :D

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Thats a good Idea Verne. Terry, I'd bet if you got in touch with any potteries, or kiln makers, they can tell you where to get some from :D

Welcome to the DIY Forum by the way :D

Many thanks for the feedback guys.

I have had some leads on fire-brick suppliers and they tend to be from the "Black country" upwards. I shall definatly look into the Stoke area Verne and thanks again for the lead.

DIY GUY...This was going to be a simple task of putting together a list of fire-brick suppliers, but it has now turned into a bit of a crusade as I believe we (the UK) don't manufacture any refractory bricks any more (please someone prove me wrong) so we must rely on merchants who import from Asia, and the like, to supply our small market of Joe public who wish to purchase such materials.

This is why I'm asking people in the building/DIY industry for any info that might help me in finding the fire-brick suppliers that actually do exist in our fair land.

Many thanks for your support

Terry (C.F)

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