The wall continues...(27th - 31st Jan)

Tuesday 27th
Today Mark dug the trench for the footing for the side wall and worked out levels to ensure the brickwork will fit in with the existing house.

I cleaned bricks, but this lot are concrete mortar not limestone so I'm breaking more than I'm cleaning (bugger). 

We then mixed concrete and poured the footing for the side wall. We need to let it set before laying the first row of limestone. 

We needed to buy new blocks for the side wall as their are not enough old blocks the right size but Mark is wondering if he can use the old blocks somewhere so that he doesn't have to throw them away.

Wednesday 28th
Mark went off to get more sand, limestone blocks and roadbase.

I worked on the computer paying bills etc until he returned and then I got back into cleaning (and breaking) more bricks.

Mark laid the bottom row of limestone and shaped the remaining blocks for the front wall. We just need to get a few blocks in on the second row of the side wall before we can finish off the front wall.

Thursday 29th
We only did half a day today as Mark has a car job to do and I did some ECU work. Yes - we both did paid work for a change.

We laid a couple of blocks in the second row of the side wall so that we can finish off the final blocks in the front wall tomorrow. 

Friday 30th
We had a big day today. We finished the front limestone wall and got most of the side wall done.It's much quicker work when we don't have to cut every block and figure out a random pattern. 


Mark dug the trench for the internal wall and we used all of the remaining old limestone blocks to create the buildup. 

Just the top row of limestone to be done on the side wall. Only another 7 blocks and we're done with limestone.

We are both very happy, Mark because he doesn't have to cart any old limestone to the tip and me because I didn't clean bricks today.


Mark reckon's he'll be ecstatic when the limestone is finished and he can move onto laying bricks. He's loking forward to working with little bricks instead of big chunks of limestone.  Humm, I'm not so sure he'll be ecstatic once he gets started....

Saturday 31st
Gave ourselves a day off today...we are both buggered!  So much for a day off...I spent the morning cleaning the kitchen, doing the washing and hosing down the back entertaining area. Mark helped the guy across the road compact his driveway and fixed the bug zapper.  Now we are finally relaxing, I'm blogging and Mark is having a "Pa" nap!

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