Unfortunately our brickie didn't turn up yesterday so we missed a day of good weather. Spent some time cleaning bricks which must be one of the worst jobs in the world!
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Cleaned a few bricks...
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... just one of many piles left to clean.
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The raised blocks indicate the position of the windows. We spent a long time debating where these windows should be positioned. Initially they were going to go equidistant from the centre of the wall. Then it was decided that the centre point shouldn't be the centre of the wall but offset by the depth of the kitchen cabinets that will run along the side (adjacent to the garage, left wall in above photo). Eventually we decided that the windows would be visually better if they were equidistant from the centre of the kitchen island.
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The edge of the window is aligned with the post. The original plan would have meant the window was further to the right with the post obstructing the sight of the window.
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Final window positions. The centre of the opening almost aligns with the centre of the kitchen wall section between the windows.
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Its starting to take shape now, still going slower than I would like and just hoping the weather is kind to us.
As it was pretty cold today we managed to light a fire. There's plenty of wooden laths to burn which should provide our bricklayers some warmth while they work.
Grab lorry arrived to remove more muck Photo 1 Photo 2 The damp proofing was also applied in the hallway. Although it was suggested to take the damp proofing up to 1m, it would have required removing all the skirting and dado-rails. We decided against it as the existing damp course was doing its job so we just applied it below the finished floor level as that wont be accessible. Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6 Photo 7 Photo 8 Photo 9 Photos 5 to 9 show the foundation masonry being constructed. This will all be below ground level and won't be seen. Previous Next
Brickwork has been progressing on the garage. The difficulty has been finding and cleaning the best of the salvaged bricks to reuse. Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6 Photo 7 Previous Next
We've been away for two weeks, but I've now decided on a company to carry out the groundworks and take me up to DPC. I did consider hiring someone with a digger to clear the site and dig the foundations which would have saved me a good amount of money but as we've already lost a lot of time and with family commitments I decided to give the entire groundworks to someone else. This is a list of the tasks I'm expecting the contractor to have completed: Demolition of all out buildings. Demolition of utility and kitchen saving the bricks Remove all waste Dig footings 600mm wide and 1000mm deep. Remove spoil. Dig oversite down to required level and remove spoil including internal breakfast and dining rooms and hallway. - Dining room doesn’t require digging as it has a suspended floor with a 650mm void. Supply and lay concrete foundations Supply and lay concrete blocks up to DPC Supply and lay all internal drainage Supply and lay all storm and foul drainage. Re...
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