Comments on: Clay Floor & Roof Tiles, Stoves, Bricks, etc.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:12:44 +0000

RT, you are in “China” because the server you are using is physically located in HK or China, even if you are in the Philippines. Yes, the best firebricks are used ones that come from sugar factories that have been disassembled. I have found them in Negros and in parts of southern Luzon, but at PHP60 each they are incredibly pricey. You would probably need a good thousand bricks for a large oven so its serious money…

By: RT

RT — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:42:54 +0000

Caveat on the fire brick source cited. I came back to get more bricks and apparently it’s not specifically made for ovens ie it’s also used for house walls. So it’s probably the usual clay brick. They are dense though and have been used successfully by an acquaintance for a pizza oven. Pan de manila supposedly uses the same type of bricks, according to the vendor. Real fire bricks are made from clay with a higher percentage of silica and alumina.

By: RT

RT — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:36:16 +0000

simple earthen oven: https://hubpages.com/hub/Make_a_backyard_mud_oven_Cheap__fun__and_makes_a_professional_qualtity_pizza

By: RT

RT — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:26:09 +0000

Welcome! There are also simpler methods for making earthen ovens. I’ll be experimenting with clay (I’m in Baguio), sand and rice hulls (great insulative properties) for a temporary setup before making a permanent oven. Also there are tandoori type ovens that can be made with large clay pots. BTW why am I in China?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:59:59 +0000

RT, thank you so much for that. Will definitely keep that in mind and attempt an oven sometime this year… Thanks! :)

By: RT

RT — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:54:24 +0000

Liberty Ave cor EDSA, just one road further north towards Cubao from Santolan cor EDSA (on the Araneta side of Edsa). They sell fire bricks, P4 for a 1″ thick brick, more for the 2″ thick. You can just line the chamber and use regular bricks on the outside. Be aware that clay ovens need 1-2 hours of dry wood (don’t use plywood or treated lumber due to harmful glues and chemicals) fire to heat up, then the fire is tamped down and swept off to the side. It’s the heat that’s absorbed by the bricks that provides the heat. To make it worth the effort, it’s usual to bake pizza first (in as fast as 90 seconds), then bread, then grilled food, etc as the temp gets cooler. I’ve bought a bunch of the bricks and will be making my own oven, so no personal experience yet on the thermal efficiency of the bricks. I was referred to the source by a Pinoy blogger who has made his own oven out of the bricks and he wrote that it has worked well.

By: eileen fernandez

eileen fernandez — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:10:45 +0000

Hi everybody!!!!Happy thanksgiving…. Anyone enterested in the clay pot… go to Tabaco City, Albay in Bicol . This is the only place that manufacture this product .. All hand made. Even the huge TAPAYAN” or water earthen jug is available. These are very healthy to use than plastic containers.Cooking also on these pots is very healthy just like using a high grade stainless steel cookwares that are very expensive. Can you imagine . no chemicals are involve in these earthen wares, so it means your food will not be contamenated, so walang mga colon cancer , breast cancer, stomach cancer atbp that we have to deal with in our counrty. You remember during those days that all food and fresh produce were wrapped in “payaw leaves” (like Hearth shaped Lily leaves) and banana leaves….No cancers issues..now compare it todays way of life?? Fast foods . Foods heated in styrofoam container and stick on microwaves …grabe!!!!! i have more to say pero tired na ako sa typing…let’s talk email me…God Bless to everyone….

By: eileen fernandez

eileen fernandez — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:55:37 +0000

I \’ here in US. One day I was watching the TFC and there was a presentation of the afire brick stove. I wish the Philippines will take this matter seriously. It will be good for the environement and it is very economical. Totoong TIPID PINOY…..di ba?

By: ADLEY

ADLEY — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:42:27 +0000

you can convert a large clay pot bought locally into a pizza oven with successful results. I too am looking for proper refractory “fire” bricks in the Philippines. Also i have done alot of research on tandoori clay ovens but they are very expensive to buy and import.

By: JR Philippines

JR Philippines — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:28:09 +0000

I’m a DIY guy and I wanted to build a “Pugon” (native oven). I’ve read that clay bricks are the best materials for it but I can’t find any place in Manila to buy one.