This short post describes bricks commonly used in pizza oven dome construction. There are 2 kinds which are most popular: dense firebricks and clay bricks.

This short post describes bricks commonly used in pizza oven dome construction. There are 2 kinds which are most popular: dense firebricks and clay bricks.

If you are ever in Portugal explore more than the beaches. Drive around the villages between Porto and Lisbon and you will find an authentic culture from hundreds of years ago: Portuguese wood ovens!

You don't have to explain masonry to Robert Covassi, owner of Tarcova Precast factory north of Toronto, ON. His traditional Portuguese wood fired brick oven is covered with a colored cementitious material which protects the oven from the elements. The oven is sitting on a concrete base with 3" thick walls.
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