Pizza Oven Brick Veneer - Started Before Winter - December 2025
Posting this about a month later than I took the photo, but documenting here in my pizza oven building journal that I did start the final exterior of the oven this year - in 2025. Below you can see the first few test brick veneer pieces (do we call them 'tiles'? bricks?) that I attached to the far back corner of the oven. I figured that it was best to start where NOBODY WILL EVER SEE THEM. Also, since NOBODY WILL EVER SEE THEM, I opted to NOT use 'corner' pieces of veneer. They sell these L-shaped pieces that provide the 'look' of brick depth at the corners, but they're more expensive than the normal pieces. I'm using the L-shaped corners in all visible spots. But, not back here. The last time I posted about the oven was when the soapstone landing was installed three weeks ago . I started at the top and am working down using a veneer-specific mortar. I set the first seven courses from the top and went two bricks-in on the top a...