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99% of the work is done. It’s a good decision to postpone the remaining part until the beginning of next year. I don’t work very well under stress. The new material would take over a week to arrive, and I don’t want to open any more new bags at the moment. Besides, it’s not getting any warmer. The lime plaster that’s already been applied can now dry out for a few more days.

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Side front view of a beige plastered stove. Room with wood paneling and pictures on the wall in the background. The floor is covered with wood parquet and broken terracotta tiles in front of the oven.
The surface is uneven and a iron support frame which support the abutment stones of the flat vault is embedded in the plaster.
On the right side, there is a electrical outlet installed on the wooden ceiling. Part of a chair with books on the seat is visible.

11.11.2025: This week, I’ll let the lime dry out slowly, and then next week I’ll heat the oven up again. Tip for lime plaster:
Make sure to get plenty of oxygen by fully opening the windows briefly, 3–5 times a day (avoid continuous drafts). Lightly moisten the surface repeatedly in a dry environment or when a heater is running (make sure it’s not directed toward the oven).

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Front and upper view of a traditional oven plastered with beige lime as top layer. On the upper ceiling of the oven, three sloping mounds are visible wehre mortar has plaster over iron rods, at this point.
In the background is wooden paneling in a room and a wooden parquet floor. Wrought iron oven door in the lower center of the oven and a round cleaning opening above it.

11.11.2025: Oven with beige baselayer “without makeup”.
Over the last 50 days, I have spent over 150 hours on the plastering work. There were around 50 individual steps involved. The finishing touches with natural colored fine plaster are still pending.

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11.11.2025: Finished the last "rasante" bag yesterday. The fine plaster (10 kg) with color pigments would not be sufficient to level out the unevenness on the upper part. This amount is only sufficient for a maximum of 1,5 - 2 square meters, and I need to plaster over 3 square meters. I'll continue next year in April/May 2026 with additional fineplaster material.

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Side view of a beige plastered stove. Room with wood paneling a TV a blank white paper on the wall in the background. A wooden table with a chair and an electric radiator on a parquet floor can be seen in the background.

Today, I crawled into the lion’s den once again. ;)
Most of the work I did lying on my stomach, and my thin spatula proved very useful. Since I’m not particularly flexible, I had to switch to my left hand to reach some tricky spots at the top. I almost dipped my nose into the “tiramisù” mortar mix.
Not the prettiest result but functional!

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Semi-circular arches made of red bricks from an oven base built onto a wooden floor. Partly freshly refilled joints.

11.11.2025: Base coat plaster completed with "rasante" lime plaster. No more plastering work this year (due to material shortages and cold snap).
2 bags of “rasante di livellamento” finished, 1 bag of “cocciopesto 0-3mm” finished.

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Side view of a beige plastered stove. Room with wood paneling and pictures on the wall in the background. The floor is covered with wood parquet.

Some of my working tools for today. Two jointing trowels, a thin spatula, and a small round-tipped masonry trowel. Good tools for difficult jointing.
The thickness/width of the jointing trowels (approx. 2.5 mm/8mm) in two different lenghts makes it easier to insert the mortar deep into different type of holes.

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Two jointing trowels (a shorter red handled above, a longer blue handled below), a thin spatula, and a small round-tipped masonry trowel laying on a beige plaster surface.

The old base (semicircular vault) of the oven (35 years old) was built with red bricks. The joints were not laid very neatly and have broken away somewhat over time. Today I refilled and repaired most of the joints.
The bottom row of bricks at the left side in particular was not completely resting on the wooden boards, which leads to uneven load distribution. The stove is not lightweight.
I filled the joints with mortar, hoping that the load will now be better distributed across the entire bricks, the woodfloor and the wooden beams underneath.
Well dedusted and pre-moistened.

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Semi-circular arches made of red bricks from an oven base built onto a wooden floor. Irregularly filled joints.

Today, I continued working on a difficult section below the oven. I repaired the joints of the old semicircular vault at the base.
I ran out of rasante (again), so I switched to Prompt and continued in a different spot. Progress remains slow but steady. :)
Cocciopesto Prompt with a pinch of citric acid
Tiramisù – 2.5 please – excellent consistency, but not suitable for consumption. :)
I’m glad I added the citric acid (a setting retarder for Prompt Vicat Romancement); otherwise, the mortar mixture with Cocciopesto 1:1 would have set in just 10 minutes instead of 50. This gave me time to focus fully on grouting in difficult and varied positions. The space was a bit cramped, and I had to take a few breaks to relax in between. Had my yoga-working session today.

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A round arch vault of a stove base built with red bricks. Mortar oozes out of the joints in an irregular pattern. A lamp illuminates the left side and casts light on a small square bucket filled with mortar. A small trowel leans against the box.

Side view of the oven. Things are moving forward.

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Side view of a traditional oven plastered with different types of plaster. The surface is uneven and some heat resistant paper is wrapped arounf a iron support frame which support the abutment stones of the flat vault. In the background is wooden paneling in a room, and a green tile lies on the floor. There is a loose fiberglass mesh on the oven ceiling.
On the right side, there is a light switch and outlet combination and a lamp installed on the wooden ceiling.

I had some fiberglass mesh left over, and it seemed reasonable to me to plaster it over the rods to prevent potential cracks in the plaster.

#oven #plaster #lime #calce #plastering #work #building #diy #handcraft #craftsmanship

Front and upper view of a traditional oven plastered with different types of plaster. There is a loose fiberglass mesh on the oven ceiling.
In the background is wooden paneling in a room, and a green tile lies on the floor. Wrought iron oven door in the lower center of the oven and a round plaster opening above it.

Front and upper view of a traditional oven plastered with different types of plaster. There is a partly embedded fiberglass mesh on the oven ceiling over the iron bars.
In the background is wooden paneling in a room, and a green tile lies on the floor. Wrought iron oven door in the lower center of the oven and a round plaster opening above it.

Front and upper view of a traditional oven plastered with different types of plaster. On the upper ceiling of the oven, red cocciopesto mortar is visible where the transverse iron bars were plastered over. Three sloping mounds are visible at this point.
In the background is wooden paneling in a room, and a green tile lies on the floor. Wrought iron oven door in the lower center of the oven and a round plaster opening above it.

Plastering the oven continues with the next rounds. For thicker layers of up to approx. 1 cm, I use Cocciopesto 0-3 mm mortar.
Otherwise, I use lime plaster mortar (Rasante).

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Beige plastered oven sideview with oven sides with iron support frame plastered with different kind of mortars.
A green tile lies on the floor to protect the floor from mortar.
Old oven door fitted in front of the oven entrance. The old lid of the claning opening fitted above the oven door. A wooden sliding door with a light switch in its frame on the left side of the oven. Wood paneling of an old living room in the background.

Beige plastered oven sideview with oven sides with iron support frame plastered with different kind of mortars.
On the upper ceiling of the oven is a partly in morter embedded glas fiber mesh visible.
A green tile lies on the floor to protect the floor from mortar.
Old oven door fitted in front of the oven entrance. The old lid of the claning opening fitted above the oven door. A wooden sliding door with a light switch in its frame on the left side of the oven. Wood paneling of an old living room in the background.

26/10: Happy to have finally finished to embed the precisly cut fireglass fabric.
In areas where there is more heat and potential for cracks, I left the fabric a little longer to prevent further cracking in the plaster layer. Now it's time for the work that's more fun. Further layers of plaster with a final coat of natural colored fine plaster.

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Side view of a traditional oven partially plastered with different types of plaster. The surface is uneven and some heat resistant paper is wrapped arounf a iron support frame which support the abutment stones of the flat vault. The paper is wrapped with freshly plastered fiberglass fabric.
In the background is wooden paneling in a room, and a green tile lies on the floor.

26/10: Today is Sunday, but I have to move forward with the oven plastering.
Es geht stetig voran, mehr "rasante" als rasant. :) Lime takes time.

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Side view of a traditional oven partially plastered with different types of plaster. The surface is uneven, and parts of a support iron support frame which has been embedded in mortar. The mortar on the bottom of the oven is still fresh, and fiberglass mesh has been partially embedded.
In the background is wooden paneling and the floor is covered with green tiles.

Further layers of base plaster with cocciopesto mortar over the irons. The cocciopesto lime mortar is fine to process and easy to spread (spalmabile).
Over the next few days, I will continue with the new (Rasante) bag and embed further fiberglass fabric over the paper.

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Yesterday, I continued plastering my oven late into the evening. After all, the lime has to be able to rest (so do I), and the oven has to be finished at some point ;)
A rule of thumb says 24 hours per 1 mm airlime plaster.
But I won't wait that long because I don't have that much time left, and part of the plaster consists of nhl5 which is also hydraulically setting. Today I rounded off and covered the metal tips further. Covered the metal rods with a second layer of cocciopesto as well.

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Finished the plaster until yesterday evening. Door re-hung. Holds, opens, seals properly. It is natural and looks good. What more could you want?

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Door frame with wodden naturally waxed pine door and brass door handle with curved grip. New plaster around the door. The floors in the picture are made of solid wood. The door frame is sealed with hemp. A painted green leaf is located above the door. The floor is made of larch wood and a sloping roof is visible, suggesting that this is an attic room.

I still have plenty of angel hair (hemp) left over to seal many door etc. Why on earth do we need toxic construction foam when angel hair smells, holds, seals etc. much better?
Always remember to remove loose areas, dedust, and pre-wet the area so that the plaster doesn't fall off again right away. I wouldn't want to be without gold tape for painting and plastering work. I stocked up on it a few years ago. I repaired the baseboards on the left and right sides of the door with quick-setting cement (roman cement vicat prompt with a little nhl and sand added), which can then be covered with plaster immediately afterwards.

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Door frame with door removed. Chipped plaster and taped door frame around the wooden door frame indicates ongoing renovation work with new plastering. On the right-hand side, a cable is plugged into a socket. Through the door, part of a wooden window, a large painted old wooden cabinet, another door, and a toolbox are visible. The floors in the picture are made of solid wood. The door frame is sealed with hemp.

Small new renovation project. I initially expected it to take a few hours, but it ended up taking almost a whole day. I had been planning to adjust, seal, and re-plaster the door frame for a long time (so that the plaster would stick forever). Now I've opened a new bag for the oven that I want to use up before winter. I don't like it when bags of mortar and plaster are left open for a long time. They don't get any better. All loose areas must be removed so that the new mortar and plaster will adhere properly.

#wood #door #sustainableconstruction #renovation #plastering #work #diy

Door frame with door removed. Chipped plaster around the wooden door frame indicates ongoing renovation work with new plastering. On the right-hand side, a cable is plugged into a socket. Through the door, part of a wooden window, a large painted old wooden cabinet, another door, and a toolbox are visible. The floors in the picture are made of solid wood.

The plastering work continues in small steps. I added a second layer of cocciopesto mortar to the six stiff “ears” and rounded the tips a little
Suitable plaster added to the area between the heat-resistant paper and the fiberglass fabric. The mixture consist of air lime, white cement (chrome-free), high-quality fine lime sand, fiber additive, additives to improve workability, organic content < 1.5%.

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