July 15, 2010 - 1:32pm
FINISH PLASTER
CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF I NEED TO PUT A PLASTER FINISH ON MY OVEN EVEN IF IT HAS A ROOF OVER tHANK YOU, GEPP
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CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF I NEED TO PUT A PLASTER FINISH ON MY OVEN EVEN IF IT HAS A ROOF OVER tHANK YOU, GEPP
unlock the caps key this is the equvalent of shouting.
Second, do a search on site for Wood Fired ovens and ask on that thread!
Just wanted to mention that you are in the correct forum here at TFL (brick and earth ovens).
I imagine one of our gracious TFL members with experience on the topic will soon pop in and answer your question.
Well, there may be a bit of a terminology problem, but you'd probably never want to "plaster" an oven. Stucco, adobe or mortar wash maybe, but not probably not plaster (which deteriorates with heat).
That said, you probably don't really need any exterior coating if you don't want one. Especially if it's already under roof. It's usual purpose is to make the oven look nice and to protect the insulation if you've installed it. But, to really give you a good answer, we'd need more info on how the oven is constructed, location, etc. For example, if there's any chance of the oven getting wet from rain or snow while it's hot, the thermal shock may crack the masonry. Also, I assume from your question that you don't really have any insulation installed, so you basically have a pizza oven, i.e., one that is not meant to bake with retained heat, but cook with the fire burning in the oven. If that's not so, then yes, you would need some sort of outer coating -- to potect the insulation you need to install.
ClimbHi
Pittsburgh, PA
Hi Gepp,
Is this an adobe or earthen oven? I just built mine a few months ago and Kiko Denzer refers to the last layer of adobe with fine cut straw as plaster. Is this what you are referring to?