We have noticed that our customers are getting more and more inventive with their oven designs and more of our customers than ever are wanting to build their own custom stands for your their wood fired ovens. We have produced the following guidelines, tips and tricks as well as some safety advice on how to go about building an oven stand safely and correctly. We hope this helps!
Building your own Primo 60 or Mezzo 76 Stand:
So you want to build your own stand for our Primo or Mezzo oven? This option is perfect for you if:
– You only want to build a stand and do not want to build the oven in completely as per the build manuals. (ask the Stone Bake Team for more information)
– You do not want to purchase the Primo 60 stand or Mezzo 76 stand.
– You simply want to place the Primo 60 or Mezzo 76 on a pre-prepared base and start cooking!
There are many easy alternative designs that you can construct to place your Primo or Mezzo Oven onto. You can chose brick, blockwork, wood or other but ensure you adhere to our instructions below to ensure your oven is installed safely, reducing the chance of bodily harm or property loss or damage.
Before deciding which type of stand you wish to build, please note the following;
– All stands need to be safe and sturdy and support the ovens weight + 20%. The Stone Bake Oven Company are not responsible for any bodily harm or damages caused during or after own stand construction.
– Ensure your base is level and on hard standing ground which can support the structure. Alternatively, you can construct your own foundations.
– You must be confident in your DIY ability before embarking on building your own stand. Alternatively, employ a skilled professional to do the work for you.
– All stand construction is at the oven owner’s risk and no liability is accepted by the Stone Bake Oven Company for any loss or damages caused during stand construction and use.
And finally some safety notes for all our customers;
– You must be present whilst your oven is in operation, never leave the oven unattended.
– Please be wary of flying sparks.
– Ensure a fire extinguisher is present to tackle any flames should a fire in and around the vicinity of the oven occur.
The Brick Built Stand:
This option is great for those who are willing to tackle brick laying as a DIY task. Alternatively, you could employ a local trades person to help. The Primo and Mezzo oven floor is square and self supporting meaning only a three sided brick base would be required, with no need to build a plinth to support the oven. Please note, a minimum of 1 brick thickness is required on each 3 sides of the ovens floor to support it.
! To ensure the oven floor is installed level, you can bed the base pieces down using sand or fire cement for a level finish.
Example: Mr Fox’s Primo Oven on a Brick Stand, in this example Mr Fox used two brick widths to support his oven.
Block built stand:
This option is great for those who are willing to tackle block laying as a DIY task, or alternatively you could employ a local trades person to help. The Primo and Mezzo oven floor is square and self supporting meaning only a three sided brick base would be required, with no need to build a plinth to support the oven. Please note: a minimum of 1 brick thickness is required on each 3 sides of the ovens floor to support it.
Once the blocks have been laid and secured, you can then simply render the block work base and apply weatherproof paint for a custom finish.
! To ensure the oven floor is installed level, you can bed the base pieces down using sand or fire cement for a level finish.
Example: Ms Silabon’s Primo 60 oven with a block work stand and a render and paint finish.
Wooden stand:
If you choose to construct a wooden base, you can opt to tackle it as a DIY task or alternatively employ a local trades person to help. It is essential that appropriate steps are taken to ensure you are adhering to health and safety restraints to reduce the likeliness of bodily injury and damages.
The oven needs a non-combustible layer to be placed between the wooden stand and the oven floor itself and this must be a minimum of 150mm thick concrete. You can do this by purchasing concrete slabs (these can be purchased from builders merchants such as Travis Perkins) or you can make your own concrete hearth.
It is very important that no wood runs beneath the oven’s floor or the concrete slabs placed beneath the oven. Instead, the slabs must be supported on all sides by the wooden structure (as opposed to underneath the wooden structure).
If you need to run wooden struts beneath the concrete slab, the Stone Bake Oven Company recommend you purchase insulating boards from the Stone Bake Shop to place beneath the oven before it is placed onto a concrete slab.
! To ensure the oven floor is installed level, you can bed the base pieces down using sand or fire cement for a level finish.
Example: Concrete slabs supported around the edges by a wooden structure.