Installation guide

Pompeii Oven Instructions

10.4 Another brick vent.

3. A Cast Concrete Vent

Construct a wooden form the shape shown in Photos 10.5

and 10.6, leaving a 9 1/2" hole to attach the DuraTech

Anchor Plate. The upper width of the vent is roughly

14”x14”, while the bottom of the vent will depend on the

width of your vent landing area. Add chicken wire to give

the vent structural integrity. Pour the vent, and allow 2-3

days for the concrete to dry before you remove the form.

10.5. Construct the form using plywood.

10.6. A cast vent.

Then, build vent walls using standard bricks that will

support the vent. Set the vent walls back 1/2" from the

oven opening to leave room for the oven door to meet

flush with the opening. Connect the DuraTech Anchor

Plate to the vent, or mortar a clay flue liner to the vent.

You can finish the entire vent assembly with a decorative,

non-structural, brick arch. Graphics 8-11 show this

technique.

10.7. The cast vent set in place with brick vent walls.

Tips and Hint

The metal vent can either be attached to the oven

enclosure without support walls, a style that leaves the

landing in front of the oven opening fully open. Or, it can

be fully built-in and supported by vent walls made either

from brick, or from a metal stud and concrete board wall.

There is no right or wrong method. Pick the design that

works with how you will use the oven and the design that

works best for you. If you choose to enclose the vent with