Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Good lad for doing it proper and cutting the new bricks into the old brickwork.
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I agree, very impressive
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Looks good but why not a double course of 'Blues' to match the existing ?I've been away on holiday for 10 days, I got back earlier in the week and have managed to find a gap in the rain to get some more bricks laid
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I've also torn down the old porch canopy, onwards and upwards! Not bad for DIY brickwork, im pretty pleased with my efforts
I thought they were blues for years - they're not
They're the same LBC heathers as the rest, but have been painted black a few decades ago and left to fade I'll be painting everything under damp course grey, new and existing 
raleighnut
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- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
I thought they were blues for years - they're not
Bit more brickwork yesterday, getting higher now! Might start on some internal blockwork soon before I work out how to get higher - stepladder or tower 🤔
Fingers crossed for some half decent weather next weekend, I won't be doing much in the evenings now its getting dark so quickly unless I pop a floodlight up somewhere 🤔
Fingers crossed for some half decent weather next weekend, I won't be doing much in the evenings now its getting dark so quickly unless I pop a floodlight up somewhere 🤔
bikingdad90
Guru
Get a tower up, put the bricks on one side and you on the other. Save you having to constantly go up and down a step ladder to get bricks.
I've made a bit more progress since the last update, but free time and brick laying weather don't seem to be lining up very well for me at the moment I'm now only a few courses of bricks short of lintel height, and I've started on the insulation and blockwork I was hoping to get up to lintel height with the brickwork at least today but with rain due this afternoon I didn't want to push my luck so stopped at 11ish... It's now starting to drizzle so looks like I made a good call
I've now had two people stop their cars in the bus stop opposite and walk over to ask if I can quote them for some building work They're obviously not in a hurry to get it done 🤔
I'm now only a few courses of bricks short of lintel height, and I've started on the insulation and blockwork I was hoping to get up to lintel height with the brickwork at least today but with rain due this afternoon I didn't want to push my luck so stopped at 11ish... It's now starting to drizzle so looks like I made a good call I've now had two people stop their cars in the bus stop opposite and walk over to ask if I can quote them for some building work
They're obviously not in a hurry to get it done 🤔Some top work there......I've made a bit more progress since the last update, but free time and brick laying weather don't seem to be lining up very well for me at the moment
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I've now had two people stop their cars in the bus stop opposite and walk over to ask if I can quote them for some building work
Cheers
I'm pretty pleased with how its coming on, quite enjoying the challenge - both the building side of it, and planning the various elements. I'm in the process of ordering up the roofing materials at the moment, hoping the new lockdown announced today won't impact supplies too badly.The weather cleared up around 4pm so I got the floodlights out and laid some more bricks and blocks. Dangerously close to lintel height now, just 12 more bricks to be laid and some blockwork which shouldn't take long 😊
Some nice progress today, with the lintel going in this afternoon and the final course of blockwork on top of it. Thats now ready for the wall plate so it's nearly time to build a roof 😊
The lintel is 23kg - not too heavy, but lifting it above head height and maneuvring it into position was interesting
I'm glad I'm back to working the desk job tomorrow, i'm exhausted
The lintel is 23kg - not too heavy, but lifting it above head height and maneuvring it into position was interesting
I'm glad I'm back to working the desk job tomorrow, i'm exhausted
I've been at it again this weekend A bit more brickwork done, the front wall is now at full height so just the ends to bring up to meet the eaves now. My main focus however was the roof - I had targeted getting the rafters in this weekend and I've achieved it with a few hours to spare There's a bit more roofing timber to cut and nail in place but not far off felt and batten time now which is quite exciting 😊 Next job is to contact the window and door people to get them back round to measure up to get watertight
A bit more brickwork done, the front wall is now at full height so just the ends to bring up to meet the eaves now. My main focus however was the roof - I had targeted getting the rafters in this weekend and I've achieved it with a few hours to spare There's a bit more roofing timber to cut and nail in place but not far off felt and batten time now which is quite exciting 😊 Next job is to contact the window and door people to get them back round to measure up to get watertight 
