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A stainless outdoor gas pizza oven on a stone counter on a patio, a pizza oven with a wide low mouth and a blue gas flame rolling along the back wall under its dome, a golden pizza sitting on the stone floor inside, the pizza oven clearly the subject, plants softly blurred behind, daylight, seasonless.

Forno Piombo
Pizza Oven Repair

For a Forno Piombo oven the tech asks for a cold floor and a dry dome, because damp refractory hides its cracks until the next fire opens them.

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  • 2 pizza oven types
  • 7 problems we see
  • 10 repairs we do

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Forno Piombo pizza ovens,
specifically.

Forno Piombo is a father-and-son shop founded in 2014 in California's Napa Valley area, building wood-fired ovens with thick refractory domes and a small yearly batch of tiled brick ovens. These are masonry ovens first: service is about the dome, the floor, moisture, the vent and, on the Roman 80, an optional Italian gas burner.

The Forno Piombo lineup

Builds2 pizza oven types

Outdoor gas pizza oven · Wood-fired pizza oven

Called out forPizza Oven Dome Cracked Inside or Out After Rain or a Big Fire

and 6 more problems on Forno Piombo

Repairs we do10 repairs, on any make

Pizza oven diagnostic visit · Pizza oven burner and igniter repair · Pizza oven gas valve and thermocouple repair · Pizza oven floor and dome repair

The Forno Piombo
lineup.

Forno Piombo builds 2 of the 4 pizza oven types this site covers. Which one decides how the visit is planned.

All pizza oven types
Outdoor gas

Outdoor gas pizza oven

3 of the problems we see on Forno Piombo come up on it Outdoor gas pizza oven repair Wood-fired

Wood-fired pizza oven

6 of the problems we see on Forno Piombo come up on it Wood-fired pizza oven repair

What is particular
to Forno Piombo.

The refractory line is the Santino 60 and 70 (stucco or tiled) and the Roman 80; the brick line is the Casa (90 and 110) and the Palazzo (90, 110 and 120); there are also Concessionaire and Caterer oven trailers and an Enzo 90 kit. Only the Roman 80 takes the optional gas burner.

An unusually thick refractory dome

The Santino and Roman 80 carry a 2.5-inch refractory clay dome over a 2-inch firebrick floor, which holds heat for many hours. That mass is why a Forno Piombo that heats slowly or smokes is usually wet inside, not broken.

Brick ovens made in small batches

The Casa and Palazzo are brick domes built to order in a limited run each year and finished in stucco or tile. Repairs to those domes are masonry work matched to one oven, not a swap of standard pieces.

One gas option, on one model

Forno Piombo offers an Avanzini P1+ gas burner from an Italian burner maker for the Roman 80. On an oven fitted with it, a no-light call is a gas burner call, while every other Forno Piombo is a wood oven with no burner at all.

A clear line between normal and serious cracks

Forno Piombo calls expansion cracks normal and not structural, and asks to hear about any crack a quarter inch wide or more. We measure before we call anything a repair, and we check for trapped moisture first, since water droplets on the door after three minutes closed mean the oven needs drying out.

Parts

Forno Piombo makes its brick ovens to order in America, so dome and arch repairs are matched to the oven on site rather than ordered as parts. For a Roman 80 with the Avanzini burner, burner parts come through Forno Piombo from its Italian partner, and we confirm the burner model before a visit.

Repair or replace

Hairline cracks, a soaked dome and a damaged door or vent are repairable on any Forno Piombo. A dome with wide cracks that keep opening, loose pieces or a floor that has broken up is a job to assess on site with Forno Piombo's own guidance before any decision.

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What we are
called out for.

On Forno Piombo, most often pizza oven dome cracked inside or out after rain or a big fire.

All problems
The outside of a stucco-covered domed wood-fired pizza oven in a garden after rain, a jagged crack running down the side of the dome with a dark damp stain around it, the arched mouth of the pizza oven open and its stone floor cold.

Pizza Oven Dome Cracked Inside or Out After Rain or a Big Fire

6 causes, cheapest first

 Close view of the cold stone floor inside a wood-fired pizza oven, a wide crack running across two cooking tiles with one edge lifted slightly above the other, a light dusting of flour and ash, the curve of the pizza oven dome at the top of the frame.

Pizza Oven Floor Cracked: Split Tiles, Lifted Bricks, Crumbling Stone

6 causes, cheapest first

 A domed wood-fired pizza oven in a backyard, thick gray smoke billowing from its short chimney, a smoldering pile of large damp logs on the pizza oven stone floor visible through the arched mouth, the dome dark with soot.

Wood-Fired Pizza Oven Smoking Heavily Out of the Chimney Top

6 causes, cheapest first

 A domed wood-fired pizza oven in a backyard on an overcast day, a small smoky fire of dark damp logs at the back of the pizza oven stone floor, the inside of the dome still black with soot, a pale raw pizza waiting on a peel resting on the ledge.

Pizza Oven Not Getting Hot Enough to Bake a Crisp Crust

7 causes, cheapest first

 The front of a brick-faced wood-fired pizza oven in a restaurant, black soot streaks rising from the arched mouth up across the facade and onto the wall above, a low fire at the back of the pizza oven stone floor.

Black Soot Streaks on the Pizza Oven Arch and Front Face

6 causes, cheapest first

 Close view of the lowered door of a stainless commercial deck pizza oven, its edge warped and the gasket along it frayed and flattened, a gap of dark space between door and frame, the pizza oven stone floor visible inside.

Pizza Oven Door Warped, Hinge Broken or Seal Worn Out

6 causes, cheapest first

Not a
Forno Piombo?

Forno Piombo is one of 16 pizza oven makes on this site. The other 15 each have a page of their own.

All 16 brands

Forno Piombo pizza oven repair,
where we come out.

9 metros, each with its own page.

All service areas

Tampa BayFL · 31 areas

OrlandoFL · 30 areas

Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas

New York MetroNY · 75 areas

HoustonTX · 36 areas

ChicagoIL · 50 areas

Los AngelesCA · 95 areas

San DiegoCA · 31 areas

San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas

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Questions about
Forno Piombo pizza ovens.

My Forno Piombo dome is still black after half an hour. Is something wrong?
Forno Piombo expects the roof to turn white, at around 800 degrees, in about 30 to 40 minutes. A dome that stays black usually means too little fire, damp wood or ash that has soaked up moisture. Dry the oven with a slow curing fire before suspecting the dome itself.
How do I know if my Forno Piombo oven has moisture inside?
Put the door on tightly for three minutes, then take it off. Water droplets on the door mean moisture has built up, and the fix is the same slow fire schedule used when the oven was first cured.
When is a crack in a Forno Piombo dome worth a visit?
Expansion cracks are expected and are not structural. Forno Piombo draws the line at a crack a quarter inch wide or more; at that size, or when a crack keeps growing or pieces come loose, book a visit so the dome can be measured and assessed.
Can a Forno Piombo oven run on gas?
The Roman 80 can be fitted with an Avanzini P1+ gas burner that Forno Piombo sells for it. The Santino, Casa and Palazzo are wood ovens.

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