Vermiculite is a heat proof insulation material typically used in chimney backfills and is cheap and easy to find in your local builders yard.
Vermiculite pizza oven floor.
Add the 25kgs of ciment fondu.
For this part i used 200l of vermiculate to create an insulation base of 6.
All i was looking for to calculate the amount of material needed for making a lightweight concrete form vermiculite.
4 10 lb ft3 64 160kg m3 and thermal conductivity.
It works as good and very effective insulator in pizza oven.
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.
When the new perlite oven is in location we will do some h.
Ensure to keep the mix very wet add more water if you find it too dry.
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.
Finally add the last 50 litre vermiculite slowly until the mix comes to the correct consistency adding more water if necessary.
Vermiculite insulation for pizza oven dome.
By vermiculite for my pizza oven job.
1 cubic meter for an area in 100mm or 4 inches thick layer or possibly with an increased thickness for extra structural strength.
Vermiculite is used to insulate oven dome outside.
Now the vermiculite mix but first here is a tip for gardeners.
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.
We created a 4 layer of vermicrete made up of 9 parts vermiculite to 1 part portland cement a part is a spade full.
Also page for how to add back up insulation to refractory hot.
Ball in hand test.
A 100l bag from a fire stove store cost 19 go figure.
The dome is formed by applying the concrete over a spherical mold commonly an exercise ball and leaving it to dry.
Even it helps to add another insulating material on pizza oven.
Vermiculite is mixed with cement at different ratio and applied on oven dome hearth and top of the oven roof as insulating material.
Comparing the weight and strength of wood fired oven doors constructed of vermicrete and percrete.
Litre bag of vermiculite.