Jim got ready this morning for brick work - he got the lintel all up and bolted down over the auto bay garage door.
The anchor bolts for this lintel worked out right at a joint - so Jim just needed to shear the corners off of 4 bricks to make them fit right.
Then he cut the number of stubby block that we will need to finish.
Jim put the aluminum flashing over the lintel and then some brick flashing.
We had to come up with a solution to store all of our painted shake shingle siding. So we set them on their side so they shouldn't stick together. Then I loaded up the studs with the next batch to be painted another day.
After lunch, we took apart and unloaded all of the steel that was in the back of the truck. Jim took most of it into the apartment where we will be using it for walls!
Then it was time for a batch of mortar...
Jim started with the brick over the lintel.
Putting the last brick in - this is the last full brick in the carriage house!
Then we switched to the half block underneath the overhang.
Last half block in this course!
Then it was onto stubby block - including working around the electric conduit. This picture emphasizes the close quarters Jim is working in - I'll bet he hit his head on the steel overhang pieces more than a dozen times today - ouch!
Last stubby block!
Jointing...
We had some mortar left over, so we got out the mortar bag and Jim started filling in between the top of the block and the pour stop of the next floor.
It's hard to get good pictures because so much of the work we did today was under the overhang - but here's a couple end of the day shots...
This is the only area left to brick - and these are half bricks that Jim will cut tomorrow. Then all that will be left to do is to fill in the tops with the mortar bag on the main structure. We are SO close to being done with brick!!
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