Breaducation

And the brick laying begins!   The first wall course Second course The brick plank is starting to bow Third course Fourth course, and sponging the walls clean The first course of hearth bricks were laid in dry, and then a 1/4" ceramic fiber gasket was glued to the wall and it will be around the hearth tiles to allow for expansion Laying the hearth tiles with a sand/clay paste underneath them for leveling and bond Oven profile, labeled These scew bricks will accept our arch bricks nicely. Laying the scew bricks in place These little nubs are just a...

In 2013 we took on the adventure of building our own bakery.  This revolved around constructing a brick oven which we connected to our attached garage, then made the garage into the bakehouse: First, right before all the crazy construction started, our firstborn son Reuben Steward McGrath was born on February 6, 2013! A couple of weeks later the refractory material arrived from Georgia, about 18,000 pounds of firebrick, mortar, and cement. Digging the footers Ready to pour Pouring the footers Block delivery The wall going on the north side of the oven, to block the wind at the bakehouse...