Dumped in my driveway were very large dump-trailers full of old brick masonry, rock, chunks of broken concrete and dirt.
The debris came from a portion of building that was tore down in the City of Springfield.
Of the huge amount of debris, were salvaged 2 types of brick. Most all were solid brick, with the exception of about 100 figure-8 slump-brick.
...one man's blah blah is a another man's whatever.
(non-bearing/non-retainer)
It started out simple and without any plan.
And staying with that format, the images in this topic's pages will likewise be out of sequence (good luck).
I wasn't sure why I was even doing this in the first place.
Trying to conjure up a reason for this creation, by the next afternoon it became clear...
...Vanquish the seat idea, vanquish the indoor Grill, vanquish a place to put dry sauna rock things (phhttt....yeah like I need a sauna in the garage, right?), vanquish a place to imprison the capitalists (it's just not large enough for the two monopolies that own our nation).
Will it be a place to hang Light-Art?
...a place to put the Firewood?
...a porta-potty maybe?
...maybe a place to hang the reverse osmosis?
...a place to put this crappy mirror?
...maybe a place for homeless ghosts?
...Shelving, shoes, chickens?
SOMETHING will go in there!!
Then, I had one of my geriatric "brilliant" ideas to fill the box with concrete (don't ask).
But then it dawned on me, (Look left) it's an ugly, concrete-filled thing.
Not only is it ugly, but what an incredible waste of otherwise usable space!!!
So, I spent the rest of the evening digging it all back out. (Look right)
Hmmm......
Maybe a place to serve coffee?
Installing metal wall ties.
The less than 3/16" (of an inch) metal wall-ties are installed into the brick bed joints where the brick meets the wall, and adhered to the studs through the drywall.
and after a while, it sort of broke up the monotony of fighting off the internal terrorists
Laying the brick "on-end" avoided all the build-up of mortar that existed when the brick arrived on location.
The excess mortar build-up caused the brick from being able to be installed in a normal fashion, which would be on their beds, rather than their faces (as seen in all the photos).
Aimlessly the brick were "dry-stacked" to get an idea whether or not the brick should be permanently installed using mortar.
Hand-cleaning each and every brick was not an option.
Considering brick floor
When the mortar runs out, It's Watermelon Time
It was a little early in the season for a ripe watermelon, this one will have to do.
Okay, break's over.
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Some Other Do it Yourself Projects
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