Installing Your Oven

After you have uncrated and accepted delivery of your oven, you’re ready to formalize your installation space. Our ovens are very heavy — they range from 1,000 to 3,000 pounds so it is necessary to move them with a crane, forklift, or other suitable equipment that is rated to handle a minimum load of 4,000 pounds. Failure to move them properly can cause damage to the oven.

Before receiving your oven, it is a good idea to make all necessary preparations for its safe handling and installation. Forno Classico ovens are designed to be installed by General Contractors or other licensed professionals. Improper installation can easily cause damage to the oven or surrounding area. Improper installation of the fuel source is extremely dangerous and can lead to serious injury or death.

A forklift, crane, or similar equipment is required to install the oven onto the counter or stand. Your pizza oven will be sitting on a plywood pallet specifically built to ship your oven. The best way to lift the oven is to have the operator use either straps or forks and insert them under the oven:

Feed the straps, or forks through the pallet and under the oven. Use a spreader and make the strap as tight, or loose, as needed on the edge of the oven. Position the straps on the oven corners to reduce stress on the stucco or mosaic tile. Orient the lift bar from the back to the front of the oven, extending the bar past the front and rear of the oven to lift it from the pallet.

Protect the oven during the move by carefully covering it with furniture pads or other large pieces of heavy-duty fabric to prevent damage to the oven’s exterior as you move it. People should never place any part of their body underneath the oven during any phase of the installation process!

Block of Ice Oven Placement

If your oven placement is on a countertop, or a flat surface area, you can use ice to help situate and place your pizza oven evenly and in the correct position:

1. Place four equal-sized blocks of ice on the counter with two in the front closest to the left and right edges,  and two in the rear of the oven on the left and right sides of the oven so that you can clear the straps, or forks.
2. Measure your pizza oven clearance to be sure the oven is accurately placed and squared to the area.
3. Line up your pizza oven up to the counter’s front edge and off-set the oven, if needed, to account for any exterior finish work, or facing you may be installing at the base of the oven.
4. Lower the oven onto the blocks of ice. Relieve the tension on the straps by dropping the spreader bar a few inches — unlatch them from the bar and remove them. Never reach under the oven to remove straps.
5. Adjust the oven carefully so that it is positioned correctly. Allow the ice to melt which will slowly settle the oven onto your countertop base

This information is provided only as a guide. It is important that all building and safety codes be strictly adhered to. Forno Classico does not provide installation services and accepts no responsibility for any damages to person or property.