Vermiculite Pizza Oven Floor

I started with a dry mix of 5 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland cement.

Vermiculite pizza oven floor.

Finally add the last 50 litre vermiculite slowly until the mix comes to the correct consistency adding more water if necessary. 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. 4 10 lb ft3 64 160kg m3 and thermal conductivity. When the new perlite oven is in location we will do some h.

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. The dome is formed by applying the concrete over a spherical mold commonly an exercise ball and leaving it to dry. Litre bag of vermiculite. Vermiculite insulation for pizza oven dome.

1 cubic meter for an area in 100mm or 4 inches thick layer or possibly with an increased thickness for extra structural strength. A 10l bag of vermiculite cost 5 at the garden centre. We created a 4 layer of vermicrete made up of 9 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland cement a part is a spade full. 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. For this part i used 200l of vermiculate to create an insulation base of 6. Ensure to keep the mix very wet add more water if you find it too dry. Vermiculite is mixed with cement at different ratio and applied on oven dome hearth and top of the oven roof as insulating material.

At this stage the mixture should be a wet slurry mix. Vermiculite is used to insulate oven dome outside. Vermiculite is a heat proof insulation material typically used in chimney backfills and is cheap and easy to find in your local builders yard. Comparing the weight and strength of wood fired oven doors constructed of vermicrete and percrete.

All i was looking for to calculate the amount of material needed for making a lightweight concrete form vermiculite. Even it helps to add another insulating material on pizza oven. By vermiculite for my pizza oven job. Now the vermiculite mix but first here is a tip for gardeners.

Add the 25kgs of ciment fondu.