Brick Wall Made with Trash donated by the City of Springfield

Dumped in my driveway were very large dump-trailers full of old brick masonry, rock, chunks of broken concrete and dirt.

Kenny Hendrick while still alive

Brick walls, Made with trash masonry

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.

Hanging stuff on brick wall

Since I gave up contending against the controllers of our "driving" privileges a long time ago, the suspect in the photos allowed the use of his time and truck to obtain the mortar required for the project.

My alter-ego told me to snap a photo of him...A Ride?...just in case.

"Oh, sure buddy, but if you don't mind I'll sit up front. I had a bad experience with the child-locks one time."Ride

Big Guy 'Pickle' offering ride

After some debate whether it were safe, we went to purchase the mortar.

Re-using old Solid Brick

(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...

Debris from demolished Hospital in Springfield

...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).

Pondering other ideas

Will it be a place to hang Light-Art?

The brick bathroom

...a place to put the Firewood?

Lots of Firewood

...a porta-potty maybe?

Brick Porta-potty

...maybe a place to hang the reverse osmosis?

Reverse Osmosis

...a place to put this crappy mirror?

The Cat

...maybe a place for homeless ghosts?

Ghost

...Shelving, shoes, chickens?

SOMETHING will go in there!!

Dumb Idea with concrete

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)

Springfield Brick Seat Fail

Hmmm......

Maybe a place to serve coffee?

Brick Masonry in Springfield Ohio

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.

I am a photo of Brick meets drywall

One brick led to another...

and after a while, it sort of broke up the monotony of fighting off the internal terrorists

Brick Wing Walls and Corners

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).

Springfield reclaimed brick

Springfield Ohio Brick

Aimlessly the brick were "dry-stacked" to get an idea whether or not the brick should be permanently installed using mortar.

Weep hole in brick to allow drainage

Hand-cleaning each and every brick was not an option.

Considering brick floor

Brick Floor

Springfield Garden Watermelon

When the mortar runs out, It's Watermelon Time

Fresh from the Garden!

It was a little early in the season for a ripe watermelon, this one will have to do.

Springfield Garden Watermelon

Debris from demolished Hospital in Springfield

Okay, break's over.

Cleaning the Marble

Great marble!Great marble Moment

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Ghosts in Springfield

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Today's Date is Sunday, 14-Dec-2025 23:33:43 EST

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