Soapstone Technical Data – Calculated
Equivalent measurements of soapstone. Calculator for converting soapstone amounts between weight and volume. Soapstone technical information with refractory data regarding heat absorption and heat retention performance.
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Chipped off edges on fire-bricks ?
Firebricks having chipped edges or broken corners can be still used in construction of ovens, fireplaces, stoves or chimneys. There is no problem with firebrick seconds. Simply turn all bricks with their best sides inward into a visually accessible side.
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Saving money, Saving time, in building brick ovens.
For people without or with business or accounting degrees and such skills, here is my formula for how to save money on buying building material. Saving either time or money might be quite important also while building wood fired brick pizza ovens. It is a worthy project for the future therefore also an investment. Both in practical sense and in so many pleasing aspects. Thank you for subscribing to traditional oven com newsletter for updates and news. No need to be frugal. To be smart and weary of these ideas will do.
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Vermiculite based insulation
What is vermiculite and how to use it? Learn about the vermiculite lightweight concrete, thermal insulation for many heat resistant applications and fireproofing. Where to buy various grade sizes of loose vermiculite insulation for building not just wood fired ovens?
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Firebricks – heavy dense fire clay bricks
About the heavy dense heat resistant firebricks, standard size or other firebrick products of different shapes. There are two types of firebricks where each is produced from fire clay. This page deals with the heavy fire brick kind which absorbs the heat into its mass very well. Firebricks have an excellent thermal conductivity plus heat withstanding properties under prolonged use and diamond cut off wheel is required to change their shape. Firebricks are called by various names, find out about that…
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What is fire clay and where to get it in nature
Fire clay. Where to collect fireclay in nature and how. Buying fire clay. What is fireclay? All refractory materials are based on fire clay, alumina and silica. In fact all firebricks are made from fire-clay. Like heat resistant mortars, insulation, many pottery clay’s, adobe ovens, fire clay can be found in them all and in the mud clay itself.
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Insulating fire bricks
Watch out for their details as the insulating fire bricks, the soft and lightweight refractory bricks, are NOT the hard dense and heavy firebricks. Due to those many empty air spaces in the brick body, insulating firebricks will not absorb nor conduct heat nearly at all, thus they have a very specific application purpose.
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Stainless steel oven thermometer
Stainless steel analog gauge oven thermometers for measuring cooking temperature in ovens. These are my favorite thermometers. So simple, cheap and slow responding to the heat atmosphere inside the oven, still they are the most suitable tool for measuring temperature and for producing those very real gourmet quality meals with ease.
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Digital thermometer with K-type thermocouple probe
Digital thermometer TC305K with a K-type thermocouples probe for measuring temperature inside ovens or various kilns. I purchased this very digital thermometer many years ago and have been using it constantly ever-since.
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Vegetable relish spread rediscovery
A one of those pleasant product rediscoveries that very rarely happen to me. Real rarely but still they do happen. I used to eat more of this vegetable relish spreads back in Europe, on weekly bases kind of. It’s made by Ajvar products in Podravka.