Praise for the pizza oven

White outdoor pizza oven in a lovely garden

I feel pretty proud that I built my own pizza oven from scratch and guests who come over to eat homemade pizzas are pretty chuffed and jealous in equal measures too! But this week I had the pleasure of getting the following email. Not only had Jim read about my pizza oven on this blog … Read more

Vlog: Adding the outer arch to the pizza oven

Vlog: Adding the outer arch to the pizza oven 8

Here’s a quick vlog for my Pizza Oven project as I’ve now added the outer arch and flue and all that’s left is to add an insulation layer on the dome and render it.

Apart from that it’s a fully functioning pizza oven but insulation will help it warm up quicker and allow it to retain more heat so it’ll a worthwhile addition.

If you want to read my step-by-step diary of the build so far then please click here.

Pizza Oven Build Part 4 – Be Prepared

Pizza Oven Build Part 4 - Be Prepared 9

After building the base and laying the firebricks it’s time to start building the dome! Exciting eh?!…but don’t get too carried away as there was still some prep to do before that. It would be easy to go gung-ho and just go for it but if you want an oven that actually works then you’ll … Read more

Pizza Oven Build – Part 1

Pizza Oven Build - Part 1 10

I’ve spent hours upon hours researching wood burning pizza ovens, how they work, and how to build them… and now it’s finally my turn to make my own! I actually wrote a blog about this in June last year so that shows how much thought has gone into this, so have a read! Follow Garden … Read more

Homemade Wooden Serving Board

Homemade Wooden Serving Board 11

Continuing on from my previous woodworking escapades I thought I’d try my hand at making a serving board and started with some scrap wood which I had in my loft. It had obviously been used as a shelf as it had brackets on it, but had been chucked up there by the previous owners and … Read more