Comments on: Adobe Bricks http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2009/07/26/adobe-bricks/ The trials and tribulations of one Kentucky gardener... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:56:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kerry http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2009/07/26/adobe-bricks/comment-page-1/#comment-97850 kerry Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:16:54 +0000 http://www.kerrysgarden.us/?p=451#comment-97850 Yes, adobe bricks are unfired. The oven will need to be covered to protect it from driving rain. Clay is a funny thing. If it gets wet slowly the outer layer will swell protecting the inner layer. A driving rain though will knock the clay particles off so there is never a wet protective outer layer. I am looking into a lime plaster. As I understand it and inch or two of lime plaster over the outer layer of clay/sand mix will protect better than the clay. The plan is to cover with a tarp this winter and build a roof for it next year. One interesting note. The inside inch or so of the oven can actually bake hard given a hot enough fire or series of fires. I saw a photo somewhere on the Internet of someone tearing one of these ovens apart and the inside was hard ceramic like clay. I could use fire brick for the oven but regular construction bricks wouldn't stand up well to frequent heating/cooling cycles. I like the idea of the adobe and making the bricks myself though. Kinda cool. Yes, adobe bricks are unfired. The oven will need to be covered to protect it from driving rain. Clay is a funny thing. If it gets wet slowly the outer layer will swell protecting the inner layer. A driving rain though will knock the clay particles off so there is never a wet protective outer layer. I am looking into a lime plaster. As I understand it and inch or two of lime plaster over the outer layer of clay/sand mix will protect better than the clay. The plan is to cover with a tarp this winter and build a roof for it next year.

One interesting note. The inside inch or so of the oven can actually bake hard given a hot enough fire or series of fires. I saw a photo somewhere on the Internet of someone tearing one of these ovens apart and the inside was hard ceramic like clay.

I could use fire brick for the oven but regular construction bricks wouldn’t stand up well to frequent heating/cooling cycles. I like the idea of the adobe and making the bricks myself though. Kinda cool.

]]> By: Lynne http://www.kerrysgarden.us/2009/07/26/adobe-bricks/comment-page-1/#comment-97849 Lynne Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:44:42 +0000 http://www.kerrysgarden.us/?p=451#comment-97849 Awesome! So, are adobe bricks unfired? Will drying outdoors make them durable enough to be used for your oven without a covering, or will you need a "roof" on the oven? Also, why adobe bricks rather than all construction bricks? Awesome! So, are adobe bricks unfired? Will drying outdoors make them durable enough to be used for your oven without a covering, or will you need a “roof” on the oven?
Also, why adobe bricks rather than all construction bricks?

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