Bricking to Start Tomorrow

I feel as if I'm letting things slide by too much this week. The brick layers are scheduled to start tomorrow, and I haven't decided for sure how I want the soldiering to look on top of the arched windows and garage doors... Stuff like that. I have a general idea, but I wanted to hunt down the ideal house and take a picture so I can show these guys what I want. Maybe I'm trying to push myself too hard.



Here's a picture of the first batch of bricks that were delivered last week:



Since this picture was taken, they've delivered two truck loads of sand and all the mortar mix for the job.


My dad and I started cutting and placing wood between studs where I know I'll need to mount something on the wall later. This includes curtain rails, towel racks, toilet paper holders, the hand-hold bar in the shower, and wall-mounted televisions.


It rained incredibly hard on Saturday morning. The roof showed no signs of leaking, so I think I'm okay on that one! I'm glad I was able to see the results after a good hard rain before the insulation gets sprayed in the roofline and makes it hard to see any water leakage.


For the bricks, I bought something called Mortar Net. It's something that's installed behind the bricks at the lowest level to keep excess mortar from falling behind the bricks during installation and blocking the drainage path for water. It's a spongy, SOS-pad kind of material that has alternating heights like the ridge on top of a castle wall. Look at the website for a better idea of what I mean.