Jim had to do lots of marking and measuring to make sure everything was going to come out the way it was supposed to - we are getting ready to turn the corner in the back. He has to make sure he knows exactly what he needs to do before the mortar is hardening in the box because then there is no time to waste!
He also had lots of cutting to do...here are some of the stubby bricks for the top course. You can see the pail of the tiny cut-offs from each of the bricks.
Once the weather gets so hot like this, the forecast always seems to show the possibility of a shower. We studied the radar maps at lunch and decided we should be good to go. So after lunch, we got our mortar ready.
Working on the last row of full bricks on this back wall!
These stubby bricks are really difficult to place - there just much room. Jim has to use his small trowel so just getting mortar up is difficult plus he's working amongst the scaffolding again.
The full bricks are now done on the back wall section and we are turning the corner!
After the back sections were done for now, Jim moved up front to put another course on.
Working along the front...
Up another step!
Jointing the back...
End-of-the-day...this back wall looks amazing!!
Jointing the front...
We heard some rumblings off in the distance but we had no rain - we covered up just in case of anything overnight.
In the back, we stapled the plastic to the wall.
Cleaning up...
At the end of the day, Jim got more bricks cut. Then we went out for a rare nachos and beer night - we had house things to discuss and sometimes it's easier to do that on a date night. Otherwise, by the time we eat dinner and sit down, we're done for the night! We had light placement to discuss and decided to think about extending the overhang a little bit for esthetic reasons. And we certainly had to drink a toast to our great progress on the bricks!
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