Calabrese ENTERTAINER User manual

Instructions on how to install a Pre casted Calabrese oven kit September 2017
Before you start you will need a roll of chicken wire 5 metres, tie wire and aluminium foil x 3 rolls
1. On your slab roll out the Aluminium foil covering the area of your slab, Do 2 layers of foil ( Picture
1). Lay your insulation board on top of the (aluminium foil ) area in where the oven will be going
keeping centre ( Picture 2 ) . Make sure the board is at least 80mm off the back of your base to
allow for insulation blanket & render (Picture 3).
( the Alumium foil acts as a barrier for moisture between the slab and the insulation board )
Once the insulation board is layed out,
place your floor cooking tiles ontop of
the insulation board in the following
order listed on page 2. The tiles may
overhang the insulation board on the
left and right of the tiles. With the
offcuts of the insulation board or
excess fibre blanket pack this under
the tiles that overhang to support tiles.
PLEASE NOTE THE STANDARD
INSULATION BOARD is between 40mm
and 50mm thick for the Courtyard,
entertainer & Grande. IF YOU RECEIVE
4 pieces of 25mm thick board in your
courtyard, Entertainer or Grande kit
PLEASE DOUBLE THE SHEET UP TO
MAKE 50mm..
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Calabrese Courtyard Tile plan
Calabrese Entertainer Tile plan
Calabrese 800 Tile plan
Calabrese Grande Tile plan

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When you lay your floor tiles ontop of the board one is slightly higher than the other you can gently
grind this down with an angle grinder to make it smooth. (Picture 4) (if you do this it will leave grind
marks in the floor tiles )
Using 4+ people lift the oven into place ontop of the cooking tiles ( please be careful it weighs 220 + kg
in 1 piece) The oven should match up to the tiles cut.. Leaving a 230mm area in front of the door area
for your flue arch bricks . If in 2 or 3 pieces again please take precautions when lifting. (Picture 6)
If the oven is in pieces lift each piece and join together with the mortar supplied in the TUB (picture
9). The castable is powder in the bag.
Tip: To get a tight join use a ratchet strap join each piece tightening it until its sealed.

With any mortar or Castable that
you may have left over ONLY
AFTER MORTARING THE FRONT
ARCH BRICKS fill the join between
the oven and the floor tiles. If you
don’t have enough don’t worry.
(Picture 9)
When you cut the Calsil board to
conform to the shape of the floor
tiles keep these pieces leftover and
trim them to fit under the front
arch tiles. Then the underfloor tiles
sit flush to the front. (Picture 10)
Put together the flue arch template
using 200mm battens (only 6
needed) The template is to be
placed ontop of the front floor tiles
. Make sure your template is evenly
spaced on the ovens opening. Use
4 x 2-4mm spacers underneath the
template to lift the template up so
when taking it once the bricks are
dry it will drop . Follow the
combination below for your oven
( Picture 11)
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Don’t forget to fold the foil that you placed under the oven insulation board up to cover the board
.
800, Courtyard Entertainer , Grande
800*, Courtyard - Calabrese –63/51/51/51/51/51/51/51/51/51/51/51/51/51/51/63
*Calabrese 800 has smaller 25mm thick front underfloor tile & only a 230 x 115 x 75 brick with no 25mm tile under the front flue arch
Entertainer, Grande - Calabrese - 63/51/51/63/51/51/63/51/51/51/51/63/51/51/63/51/51/63
When putting the combination together only use a 3mm thin scrape of mortar to bind the bricks together.
On the back of the arch bricks put a thin scrape of mortar and this will bind the bricks to the ovens body
When you start to get to the top of the bricks arch set your 75/51, 80mm cut arch bricks. Leaving a 150mm
gap behind in where your flue will sit. See below (picture 14)
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Gently squeeze the flue in and it should sit in there. Tear a small amount of insulation blanket off and pack
in around the flue , straighten your flue ..
With the castable supplied mix this with water until you obtain a doughy consistency. Then pack this
around the flue to seal it in. Once the castable is dry slowly pull your template out and clean the inside
joints of any excess mortar using a scraper and a wet sponge.
Slide the 2 - 300 x 50 x 50mm tiles in under the front tiles to create your front using a small amount of
mortar to glue them in. For the courtyard they are approx 250 x 50 x 50mm ( Picture 15)
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For the optional brick trim and stainless cap which is
extra we supply mortar them ontop of the flue top 4
x 51mm flue bricks in the following combination and
insert the stainless flue ontop.
Courtyard & 800 Brick Trim
1 2 3 4
Entertainer / Grande Brick trim

For the brick trim optional on the entertainer and Grande models when assembling please make sure the
face bricks are at the front and the Cut bricks with the grain exposed each side are on the back.

Then once you have mortared the top bricks with any left over mortar spread over the top of the brick trim
to make a seal then gently insert the stainless steel cap. When pushing the stainless steel cap down the
mortar spread over the top will create a seal. For any excess mortar on the bricks use a wet sponge and
remove before it drys. With any left over castable mix to a doughy consistency and fill in the joints in
between the flue arch and front floor tiles.
With your household aluminium foil a wrap the ovens chamber like a hot potato. Please do minimum 3
layers over the oven and create a Flashing edge near the bricks. (Picture 16 & 17) You can use tape to hold
it down if it gets a bit windy…
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Place ceramic fibre blanket over the oven (not over the brick front) and make sure it is fully covered
tucking it in on the corners around the arch (please use gloves and a mask when handling and cutting the
ceramic blanket) and overlapping any joins. Optional: Using Aluminium foil as a secondary barrier cover the
ceramic blanket FULLY so you cant see any blanket at all ( this acts as a barrier so no moisture can
penetrate the blanket over time. Wrap chicken wire over the Aluminium foil and ceramic fibre blanket and
make sure the mesh is secured down. Dont worry if you pierce the aluminum foil. Make sure the chicken
wire is tight.
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