Finally we start the arch bricks, there are 3 bricks deep (this is 2 laid so far) . Our object was to limit the gap in the bricks inside the oven to as little as possible by using as little mortar as possible then filling in the brick gaps from the top, we did the mortar in small batches and spread a good layer ontop of each section, each arch is 10 bricks plus the keystone(brick) in the middle .
this is the last layer, so thats the internal area of the oven, there is a small area of oven still (1/3 brick wide) but that sections roof will be part of the "drop down" area just before the chimney which i will detail in later posts.
