Major Brickwork Done!!!

Oven brickwork pau (done). Each brick besides the first soldier course had to be cut individually with different angles all the way around. It was very time consuming, dusty, noisy (cut with a diamond blade on a makita grinder) and a drag to do.

Steps in making the new arch doorway:

Cutting the keystone (two) that betweenist will become the chimney smoke stack.

Looking at how things turned out, the two bricks to either side of the keystone are probably the weakiest points of this arch. However things should be strong enough to support a future stainless steel smoke stake (crossing fingers).