Sanders in Tassie: Pizza Oven

Graham's wanted a pizza oven for ... well a very long time. We finally decided we'd bite the bullet and build one. After getting some quotes for someone to build the base for us, gheesh they were pricey, we decided to do it ourselves. We went with Hebel block as it was inexpensive, strong and easy to work with.

We made it into a time capsule and put a note in it. Once the base was made, the really hard work began. We used a kit we bought from Bunnings, an Amalfi Oven. When it came time to lift the oven pieces onto the base, we had to get our friend John to come over and lend some muscle lifting the oven pieces up.

Once on, it was a race against the weather to put the insulation and then the mortar on. We had a bit of an issue when the flu didn't quite fit, but Graham was able to modify it to work. Then Graham sealed the top and painted it.

Next was the fun part - the look and feel of it. We selected some tiles which looked like piles of rocks, to finish off the bottom of the base, and chose to use ceramic tiles for the top as a working space; we put some skinny brown tiles around the top edge to finish the look.

Rather than try to cut wierd shapes of top surface tiles to bring it in to the oven base edge, we decided to use grout and lovely pebbles and rocks and shells like they were strewn there by the sea. We've got a few more decorative touches to do, before we're finished but we think it's looking very nice. The pizza it makes is outstanding!! We'll never have to go out again.

Here's the pictorial