can someone help

[blamejane]

I'm doing a Scott style oven and I've layed a few courses of brick just over my door arch, basically the vent opening/start of chimney, without remembering to use the fireclay homebrew. I just used type S mortar.

Should I start-over...ugh

or

Continue the chimney using the homebrew from this point?

Any comments would be soooo greatly appreciated at this point.

Help

Valerie

P.S. The brick have been drying for more than a few days.