Installation guide

Pompeii Oven Instructions

15. Igloo Enclosure

Overview

The Igloo is a traditional Italian and Mediterranean pizza

oven design style where the enclosure follows the basic

lines of the oven dome and chimney -- thus the Igloo.

Instructions

There are two ways of making the Igloo shape, both of

which follow the guidelines set forth in Graphic 15.1. First,

you can create the Igloo using stucco lathe and insulating

concrete. The insulating concrete is then covered with a

thin finish coat of waterproof stucco (see Photo 15.2).

Second, the Igloo shape can be created with rebar and

stucco lathe, separately from the dome (see Photo 15.3).

Drill 1/4” holes around the perimeter of the oven hearth,

the distance you want away from the exterior of your oven,

to accommodate your insulation thickness. Insert pieces of

pencil rebar in the holes, and bend them to the desired

Igloo shape. Cover the pencil rebar with stucco mesh, and

secure it in place with concrete tie wire to make the Igloo

frame solid.

Fill the gap between the stucco mesh and the oven with a

vermiculite-based insulating concrete. Cover the entire

structure with a 1/2"-3/4" undercoat of stucco, followed by

a finish stucco coat to the style you prefer. Finally, seal the

entire oven with a weatherproof stucco coat or paint.

15.1 The layers of an Igloo oven.

15.2. The oven dome and lathe shape the Igloo.

15.3 Rebar and lathe shape the Igloo.