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fireclay

  • 07-08-2011 8:10pm
    #1
    narkymarky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭


    Hoping somebody here can help me out. I'm in the middle of building a brick pizza oven and need some fireclay (as opposed to fire cement) to mix with the mortar I'll use to build the brick dome. The only supplier I've found to date is English based and the carriage to get a few bags over is really killing the price. Is this something I could get through a pottery supplier? The theory behind using the fireclay in the mix is that it'll reduce the amount the amount of shrinkage and cracking between the bricks. The mix is something around 4:1:1:1 - sand, cement, lime and fireclay.
    Or is there something else I could use to achieve the same result?

    Cheers,
    Mark


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  • #2
    cannyfradock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭cannyfradock


    ....Try Dineen sales in Kildare. They are a refractory supplier in Kildare. I don't think they sell to the public, but they are phone friendly people and will tell you where your nearest supplier is.

    Liam at "kilnlings" is a refractory supplier in mainland UK, but also delivers to Ireland....he's also very friendly and helpful on the phone.

    Hope that helps..

    Terry


  • #3
    narkymarky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭narkymarky


    Cheers for that. Since got sorted and the dome went up over the weekend in the couple of hours of summer we experienced! On another note, I wouldn't be nearly as far on, or gotten there with as few headaches without the help of your wood oven forum - it's a massive help.


  • #4
    cannyfradock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭cannyfradock


    .....Thank-you for your kind words......they really mean a lot to me.

    I shall keep my eyes open for any pics that you post.

    All the best...

    Terry


  • #5
    gamblor166
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭gamblor166


    narkymarky wrote: »
    Cheers for that. Since got sorted and the dome went up over the weekend in the couple of hours of summer we experienced! On another note, I wouldn't be nearly as far on, or gotten there with as few headaches without the help of your wood oven forum - it's a massive help.

    hey, did you find fire clay?

    thanks..


  • #6
    narkymarky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭narkymarky


    Did certainly Gamblor. From a ceramic and kiln supplies company in Swatragh. Seems to have done the trick as there hasn't been much cracking with the few fires lit so far.


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  • #7
    rosco p coltrane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭rosco p coltrane


    To anyone trying to find a contact for fire clay, i think NarkyMarky was making reference to Ulster Ceramics in Swatragh, Northern Ireland.

    http://www.ulsterceramicspotterysupplies.co.uk/


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