Pizza Oven Enclosure Brick Veneer Update - Mortar Application And Beginning Grout - July 2026
Earlier this month, I posted the latest update on the progress of finishing our backyard wood-fired pizza oven where I showed the continued application of brick veneer to the exterior to clad the enclosure in a finished material. At that time, I had most of the back and some parts of one side/the front complete. Fast forward a little bit and now the brick veneer is fully-applied. I ended up using two types of bricks (a cost-cutting choice) that I sort-of have come to regret. But, that's only after I began to grout the bricks. I used a more expensive brick on the front that came with L-Shaped 'corners' to help provide the illusion of full-dimensional bricks being used. I'm glad I did that. But, I also used a far-cheaper brick veneer product for the back and parts of the sides of the oven. I thought that they would be hidden (in the case of the back and most of the sides), so it wouldn't matter if the 'cheaper' brick was back th...