The patio and the garden have been completely re-done. I don't have any 'before' pictures of what it looked like, only the pictures earlier in this blog for comparison. Those of you that saw what it looked like initially will appreciate what it is now.
As you can see, the grass has come up nicely, but is in a dire need of cutting!
You can see the patio and the wall in this shot. Im so glad I managed to break the thick concrete path up. It would have spoiled it otherwise.
The garage is now well under way. Im going to put a driveway in, and dig out part of the grassy bit at the side to make more parking space, and turn the rest of the grassy bit into a veg patch.
In this shot, you can almost see the space for the personnel door at the side. These doors and frames come in two standard sizes - 33 inches and 36 inches. My aparture is 35 inches :-( I think two 1 inch batons and a 33 inch door is in order. I have just balanced the lintel across for now, which you can just about see.
This is the wall I bricked up yesterday. You can make out the fresh motar, and you can see that I need some kind of brick cleaning stuff
I am almost ready to order the roof, just need to put the rest of the breeze blocks up and put 2 more brick course up at the back.
So, all in all, Im pretty chuffed with my work rate in the first 100 days, but as you can see from this last shot, taken at about 17:45, the nights are drawing in and I have had to stop working when I get in from work, due to lack of light by 18:30. I should be ready to ordeer the roof by next week, and hopefully that should be done in a day. I just have to tile the bloody thing then!
Anyone got any brick cleaning tips?
6 comments:
nice work. i dont know if this will help but when i have seen brickies working on a finished wall they seem to have what looks like a bucket of water, but im guessing it isnt water. and they seem to just brush it on so unless this is to give it a nice finish im guessing it washes the bricks, dont know what it is called but a trip to any builders merchants should solve it.
Are you avaliable for the next series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet?
Looking good Mark. I don't know about what's in the bucket of water either, but I think it might be water you know.
it might be. but i did say i didnt know. like i said before a trip to the builders merchants might be a good idea.
I don't know either.
It looks lovely Mark. Very Brittish too.
brittish?
Post a Comment