Up Up and away... (9th - 15th March)

Monday 9th
I went to the hairdresser in the morning and Mark phoned around about hiring scaffolding. Finally located some at a reasonable price that will be delivered tomorrow so we had a quiet afternoon. Kacey dropped in to visit so Mark sat & chatted and I painted the window frames ready to brick in tomorrow!

Tuesday 10th
We spent the morning waiting for the scaffolding to arrive. It finally got here about 1pm. The new doors I ordered were also delivered today...so everything is starting to happen - yeah! We assembled the scaffolding and started laying bricks about 2pm. I also cleaned another 20 bricks...an hour at a time is all I can handle. By 7pm we had half of the side wall done. We were very happy.







Wednesday 11th
Today we moved to the front wall. Every brick in the wall needs to be cut (about 10mm) so this wall is very tedious. We only got a few courses done but Mark also shaped the lintel ready to put in tomorrow.




Thursday 12th
Finally got the front wall up above the window frame and the soldier bricks finished.
Nick came over and cleaned the last 30 bricks. Boy was I happy! We look like being short of bricks so I went and bought a pressure hose and Nick pulled up & cleaned some of the paving bricks in the backyard. Only 2 more courses to go on the front wall and 4 courses on the side wall. We expect to finish tomorrow.

Friday 13th







Yes - we did it! What a team.

The external brickwork on the front of the house is finished.

And does Mark look happy - oh what a feeling!!!!




Saturday 14th
Today we moved 1 section of scaffolding into the ensuite - over the top of the wall as there is no door into this room yet, and laid more bricks on the dividing wall. We have reached roof height at one end.







Sunday 15th
Day off.

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