It's been hard work laying bricks day after day, but very satisfying and a great work out!!
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| I used guide lines for each row of bricks, checking with the level as I went along |
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| Here I put in structure to for a kitchen counter on the verandah coming out of the wall |
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The planks for the counter are an old railway sleeper cut into two planks
above is a framework to make a clay shelf |
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| working up to making the arches over the windows |
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| Misheck came to help me make the form work to support the arches as I laid them, we used materials from the bush around us. |
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| First arch up |
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| It's amazing to see how strong the arches are, as soon as the bricks were in place I removed the form work so the bricks settled properly. |
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| Making the arch for the door |
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| I laid bottles around the arched windows facing in, and these bottles above the kitchen counter and shelves, I plan but some fairy lights inside the bottles. |
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| Oly has been great, coming back from the school in the village at lunch time and playing whilst I build everyday until late afternoon. |
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| As the walls got higher the work was harder, a very make shift scaffold that has to be moved around the house |
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| The lintel above Oly's room is a railway sleeper |
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| So the brick work is complete, I need the walls to dry throughly before plastering with clay and lime. So the next step are making the floors, building a store room and a whole list of other things!!! |
