The M6 from Manchester to Stafford was horrendous. Heavy rain with lots of standing water and spray. Thankfully most folks were doing 50 mph and leaving a suitable gap for the conditions.
I was so impressed with the pizza oven I now have one, Collect it yesterday Hardy used , With a unopened bag of pellets, Infared temp gun, a new unused gas burner , Peel and lastly the cover , Everything still with the original boxes and the owners handbook, Looking forward to the first go . 
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All the pizza things.
ALL OF THEM.
Now you just need to get proficient at the bases.
Get a tin of decent san marzano tomato based sauce, some dry ish mozzarella (I find the shop stuff is often a bit wet) and you are nearly there.
A lot of supermarkets sell this which is a decent way to start when you don’t need the making hassle, or bulk order of dough
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That is pretty much the joy and the agony of all this.
Its a skill that’s worth learning.
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At least my efforts at the weekend didn’t scare anyone off.
I banished the rolling pin, although I don’t discount it for anyone new as it’s a better option than getting stuck and having no base at all.
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You nailed it at the weekend mate. All the drama was at the oven end with one or two not having enout flour on the shovel thing. Myself included.
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Dough was bang on!
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Update on my 1st effort
Epic fail . I tried the wood pellets , Started with some cylindrical fire starters I also purchased a box of kindling ( all to big to fit in the burner ) It did start eventually , All excited I went into the kitchen to roll out my home made dough with a rolling pin, It was so elastic it kept shrinking back, Eventually put the topping on , Back out to the oven , It had all but gone out , seems the pellets only last a few minutes then burn out , If you put loads in the fire goes out. Then I get a call from my daughter asking if I dropped some water on the utility room floor ?
Long story short after kangoing through the tiles and the cement floor to expose the water pipe It has spring a leak , Had to turn the house water off and drain the systems down , No water in the house now , Doh !!! , Back to the pizza , It was very hit and miss using wood, I do have a new gas conversion and I managed to buy a 19kg full bottle of fbook for £40 , Will swap over to gas for the next go.
Re the plumbers , Made a call to one who must have been a agent , Was told I needed to pay £160 then he would give me the phone number , then I would need to pay a £160 call out charge for the plumber to come out and have a look and quote for the job, I told him this was outrageous and hung up , £320 for someone to knock on the door !!!
If it’s an Ooni, sometimes the pellets get stuck/wedged in the feeder and don’t drop down on to the burner and the fire burns out. You need to push/dislodge the pellets in the feeder by poking - I use a long bbq skewer.
To start the pellets burning, best to use a blowtorch - just a cheap propane disposable canister one will be fine. Put a pile of pellets on the burner and point the flame at the same place on the pile for a couple of minutes until well caught.
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Rob and Steve nailed the pizza faff.
Best I’ve ever eaten.
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Good job my son in law was visiting he Managed to restore water into the house before they left for home, 1st time I have seen plastic pipe and fittings used . when it’s dried out a clean up will be needed , May need to take up all the tiles in the room ( Doh !!! )
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If you’re backfilling with cement or concrete or whatever, you should ensure those speedfit fittings are protected.
Else, there will be tears.
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I will wrap them in heavy duty plastic sheet as in black builders bags , The pipework has a 20 guarantee, I won’t be here in 20 years maybe even sooner.
The pipe will be fine it is the cement dust getting into the connector which can perish the rubber o-ring.
Denzo tape might be a better bet
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Or self amalgamating even better and avoid the petroleum taint.
Wait! Wut?!
Good advice from people that know what they’re talking about?!
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Appalling…. The worst vice is good advice
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Keep an eye out for my wallet 
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