| Heather
Campbell of Saltspring Island, BC,
adding fir slabwood to her 4' x 6' (hearthsize) outdoor oven at its original
location. The oven was relocated in the fall of 2002 to a new location nearby
on the south end of the Island, near Ruckle Provincial Park.
The Salt Spring Island
Bread Co. produces organic hearth breads for the well known Salt Spring
Island Saturday Market, Admiral's Specialty Foods, and Natureworks Natural
Foods.
Locally known as
the "Bread Lady", Heather is also a member of the Salt Spring
Island Studio Tour with her home bakery open to the public three days
a week, Wed. - Fri. from mid April to the end of December. Custom orders
for pick-up are also taken for private and public functions.
This heat retention oven is based on a basic
design by Alan Scott of Petaluma, Calif. was built by Richard Dakin of Touchstone
Enterprises.
Contact
Info
Building
the Oven
Firing the oven.
Learning to bake
Apple festival.
 New
Bakery
View from the South
Oven at its new location
Night Fire
Flatbread
Saltspring Island Saturday Market
Building
the Oven
Mason Richard Dakin prepares the concrete
block base.
Vermiculite concrete slab in place,
ready for reinforced slab to carry the oven.
Firebrick hearth in place. Building
the firebrick oven sidewalls.
Building the oven vault.
The vault is built one ring at a time.
The vault transitions to the oven door
opening.
Laying out the arch in the brick facing.
Facing arch for door and smoke hood (chimney entry).
Brick facing arch carries the chimney
Foil bondbreak before concrete oven cladding is applied
Formwork in place for concrete cladding
Pouring the concrete cladding. Note mesh.
Rigid fiber insulating cladding.
Completed plaster base
Applying scratch coat of plaster.
Ready for finish coat.
Finish coat on side.
Oven shed.
Birthday party.
Moving the Oven
Contacts:
The Bread
Lady
Heather Campbell
251 Forest Ridge Road
Saltspring Island
BC Canada V8K 1W4
ph / fax : (250) 653-4809
pvanhorn@saltspring.com
Touchstone
Enterprises
Richard Dakin
194 Ensilwood Road
Saltspring Island
BC Canada V8K 1N1
phone: (250) 537-4216
touchstone@saltspring.com.
A mason for over 25 years, Richard has built
wood fired masonry ovens for both residential and small commercial applications.
He has also built Masonry Stove Builders' "Heat Kit" contra flow masonry heaters on Saltspring.
Along with his interest in bake ovens and heaters, Richard is known for
his high quality stone and brick masonry work on residential and commercial
projects.
Phillip Van
Horn Design
Phillip Van Horn, b. arch
251 Forest Ridge Road
Saltspring Island
BC Canada V8K 1W4
ph / fax : (250) 653-4809
pvanhorn@saltspring.com
Residential design on Saltspring Island with
particular interests in ecology based design, healthy housing and the
relationships between house and landscape.
- Custom homes, recreational and agricultural
buildings.
- New work, renovation and additions.
Restoration.
- Associations with other building professionals
for larger projects.
- Rammed earth for the Pacific Northwest climate, timber
and all masonry materials.
- Offering design services to assist
in the integration of masonry heaters and bake ovens into new or existing
residential or commercial buildings. Close association with Masonry Stove Builders.
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