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Server Operator and Webmaster Kenny Hendrick
(727) 834-0438
Email
2803 Troy Road
Springfield Ohio 45504
Library
Made with Trash
Cameras
Walkway
Water
MPPT vs PWM
Judicial
Youtube
Giants
Images
Batteries
Cables
Connectors
Active Military Discount
Fuses
MicroVsMacro
Hydrogen
Automation
Inverters
History
Stable Solar
Controllers
Trash
Voltage Equivalents
Lifestyle
Wood Burner
Morningstar
Background
Harvesting
Lithium
Chickens
Garden
Off-grid
Lighting
Wind
Well
Security Systems
Buy Sell Trade
Movies in Springfield
PC Repair
Solar Kits

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.

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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.

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......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."

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...

...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?

...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.

One brick led to another...

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

Fresh from the Garden!

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

Okay, break's over.

Cleaning the Marble

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Click to read what happens next with this project.