During my hiatus in August I made a trip to Maine. While on the trip we had lunch at a pizza place that had a brick oven. After talking with the cook I learned by 2:00 p.m. they were cooking mostly on ambient heat in the oven, with small fire. A baker had come in that morning and got the oven up to temperature to bake bread. It was really fascinating to learn about how this particular oven was done.
Remainder of August consisted of road trips to Disney World, Vermont, and Colorado.
With the base complete I prepared the foundation to poor the second concrete pad which would become the hearth. This involved creating a base out of plywood.
After the plywood was in place, the form was temporarily put up so that it could be lined with plastic. With the plastic in place the form was fully installed. The plastic was used as a barrier to protect the plywood base and prevent concrete from 'falling' into the concrete blocks.
Dad had recently invested in a concrete mixer for this project, with this new piece of equipment we poured the hearth on top of the plywood base. I had just enough concrete to make the hearth 3 inches thick. We place some scrap iron piece after pouring about an inch to act as re-bar.
The following weekend, I removed the plywood base.
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