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Pizza Oven Hearth Materials
The layers of a pizza oven floor: cooking surface plus the insulation beneath.
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Illustrative photoVermiculite
Lightweight mineral for insulating hearths and domes.
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About this product
Vermiculite is a natural mineral expanded into light granules. Mixed with cement it makes a lightweight insulating concrete for the layer under a pizza oven floor; it is also used as loose insulating fill around domes.
Also searched as: exfoliated vermiculite, vermiculite insulation, vermiculite concrete, hearth insulation
Specifications
Detailed specifications for this product are confirmed per order against the supplier datasheet. Tell us the specification you need in your quotation request and we will confirm what is available.
Vermiculite: common questions
How is vermiculite used in a pizza oven?
It is mixed with cement to make a lightweight insulating concrete layer under the cooking floor, or used as loose fill around the dome.
Vermiculite or perlite: which should I use?
Both are used for insulating mixes under oven floors. Follow your oven design; we can supply either.
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