Stage 1 - Hearth template

To start off you will need a strudy base to work off. As this workshop was only on for two days, Henrick had the base constructed before we arrived.

The base consisted of block work as shown in the photo below this post. Paving slabs were used on top of the walls to support the finished oven. The wall was clad after the workshop with a stone finish and a treated timber counter top was placed over the slabs by the door to the oven. Steel or bricks could also be used to form a counter top.

This is the before picture:











Close up of brick arch /doorway:








Brick template for hearth: