upper slab

This was the bit i was worried about , creating wooden forms to support the upper concrete slab which the pizza oven would rest on.
I followed ozarks instructions and they worked ,i couldnt find concrete board in the uk and eventually decided 2x2 concrete slabs did the job ,they formed the base and a watertight seal , the wooden forms were built and levels checked ,the concrete was poured at a depth of about 5 inches - more steel mesh was sunk in then we tamped the surface level with a wooden batton.

Then tapped the sides with a hammer to try to make the finish as even as possible as i wasnt planning to tile the front edge .