Thursday, June 12, 2008

Course #10 is almost finished... level & plumb

Course #10 is almost finished (2 more AAC courses plus the bond beam with continuous horizontal rebar on the very top... all the 3" vertical holes that have been visible in earlier photos will be filled with concrete/rebar and tied to this bond beam. The rebar starts in the footing and goes vertically all the way up to the bond beam)... the final blocks in course 10 are ready to be glued tomorrow. Happily, I was able to correct my mistake and the east wall is level and plumb (see below).
Level:Plumb:Here's a long shot of the east wall... this angle gives me the feeling that I've accomplished something. The top course will be glued tomorrow. The 2' short wall at this end of this wall will be sawed off even & plumb when I finish with the next two courses. I have been using two colors of adhesive - gray & white - hence the two-tone wall.This will be the view out of the French doors in the master bedroom and from the deck. Alexis wanted our Irish cottage to be in the woods... and that's where we are... Brigid's Wood:
Alexis for all intents and purposes finished painting the storage building today. This is the south side of the building which is mostly clear plastic. Hopefully, this part of the storage building will double as a mini greenhouse during the fall & winter.
Grandson Ethan looking in the mirror and realizing that he's the spitting image of his Granddaddy!

1 comment:

Rebecca said...

You are making excellent progress :) Hope the last bit of block laying goes smoothly!