Structural brick laying is not the fastest job in the world, nor do I suppose you want it to be if you want a job well done. Andy our brickie is alway saying, "if you pay peanuts you get monkeys!"
I took photos over a few days while the wall slowly grew higher.
The type of pointing done between the bricks is called weather strut (or could be "struck"...I can never quite tell with the accent). It points out at an angle I am told to deflect the weather.
A very straight brick wall.
From the inside you can start to envision the kitchen and dining room. Or is it too early for that?
The following day it gets a bit higher.
The window starts to take form.
The grey breeze block is built up as the second layer inside the reclaimed yellow brick. Our brickie said that if we went to the reclaim site it would cost us £1 per brick. I think they get a builder's discount.
And now the breeze block has caught up with the yellow brick.
Because we are a terraced house our outside extension walls are our neighbours' garden walls.
This is what it will look like from their yards. The side walls did not come down, but will be
re-rendered with a smooth plaster up to the feature yellow brick pattern on the side.
More posts as the wall builds.
Structural brick laying is not the fastest job in the world, nor do I suppose you want it to be if you want a job well done. Andy our brickie is alway saying, "if you pay peanuts you get monkeys!"
I took photos over a few days while the wall slowly grew higher.
The type of pointing done between the bricks is called weather strut (or could be "struck"...I can never quite tell with the accent). It points out at an angle I am told to deflect the weather.
A very straight brick wall.
From the inside you can start to envision the kitchen and dining room. Or is it too early for that?
The following day it gets a bit higher.
The window starts to take form.
The grey breeze block is built up as the second layer inside the reclaimed yellow brick. Our brickie said that if we went to the reclaim site it would cost us £1 per brick. I think they get a builder's discount.
And now the breeze block has caught up with the yellow brick.
Because we are a terraced house our outside extension walls are our neighbours' garden walls.
This is what it will look like from their yards. The side walls did not come down, but will be re-rendered with a smooth plaster up to the feature yellow brick pattern on the side.
More posts as the wall builds.
2 comments:
THe windows look great!!
T
This is all amazing, Michal!
a transformation in progress!
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