Starting to finish the Dome in the rain

 Every good outdoor Pizza oven needs a patio. Due to the offer of help from my brother and my dad an unexpected start is made on the patio.  I'm trying to get the oven finished at the same time so I don't make a mess of the patio.

 Above: I'm using concrete to bring up the level round the oven. I figure there are enough firebricks and insulation so the concrete should be okay. Potential water trap at the moment but - I will overcome.   The concrete I had left over from earlier so no extra cost.

 It has rained non stop for 6 days now. Sometimes very heavily.  Next week is the longest day of the year. If this is summer in Scotland we have been robbed. it's 12c and colder.  It's wet. It's miserable.

 The inside of the oven is saturated with water. It's leaking straight through the brick from the outside and through the oven floor.

 It won't stop raining? Well it won't stop me.  I erect a shelter so I can get on with it. I use a Pavillion I bought for parties a few years ago. We get used to BBQ in the rain here.
If Vitcas intended the outside of the oven to be covered in their Screed they didn't supply enough Screed.

I price Screed from Vitcas. They kill me off with a £96 delivery charge to Scotland for 4 tubs, I need more of their mortar as well.   Vitcas have good products but they are living in the dark ages when it comes to deliveries.   I refuse to be roasted by them again and search the web.

Get this...

I buy 4 tubs of Vitcas Screed from "glowing Embers" in Essex,  online.  It's cheaper per Tub and the delivery is only £14.99.   they don't sell the Vitcas Mortar so I search to buy it elsewhere.

On 10th of June I order from a seller on Amazon at a good price. I'm still waiting....waiting... I can't finish the chimney without the Vitcas  outdoor oven cement.. or can I....?

Costs to date: £1563.68

New costs: 4 x Vitcas Heat Proof Screed from Glowing Embers. - £150.97

New Total :£1714.65