Base Brickwork
The brickies arrived on Monday April 18. The brickies need everything supplied for them - this means: sand, cement, lime, water-proofing additive, colours (oxides) if required, brick ties (for expansion joints, and for double-brick sections).
On the first day, thay did nearly half the house, but that was the easy part, with just a straight run along both walls
The other half of the house took another 3 days, as this included three box-sections for windows, and one bay-window section.
We did tests for mortar colour, by mixing up test-batches on the weekend before the brickies arrived. We decided to go for natural orange/tan sand with grey cement.
On the first day, thay did nearly half the house, but that was the easy part, with just a straight run along both walls
The other half of the house took another 3 days, as this included three box-sections for windows, and one bay-window section.
We did tests for mortar colour, by mixing up test-batches on the weekend before the brickies arrived. We decided to go for natural orange/tan sand with grey cement.
posted by Steve at Friday, April 22, 2005
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