Tiling A Pizza Oven Dome

Construction of an igloo dome does not necessarily require a frame if completed by a competent brick layer.

Tiling a pizza oven dome. The dome itself a series of self supporting circular brick chains that curve inward until they meet at the keystone at the oven top. These ceramic and glass tiles present a very convenient medium to finish the dome of the oven since their flexibility allows them to repeat the shape of the dome. You can also frame and decorate the front portion of the dome arch with granite or other materials. Reading through your replies to various comments it looks like glass or porcelain tiles are best to use and to use a thinset mortar to bond and grout the tiles.

It is to do with the sand and afterward place the bricks onto them. I love in the north east of england in the uk we have an outdoor pizza oven which i am looking to mosaic tile. Tiles of different designs can be interchanged on same oven. A brick pizza oven dome is usually constructed as either an igloo or barrel dome out of medium density fire bricks both shapes are constructed in much the same fashion with bricks mortar and usually with a supporting frame.

To get a perfect shape dome put the sand in the shape of a dome.