Day 8 and the brickies arrived hoping to be able to lay some bricks. The weather conspired against them, but they did move the bricks from around the front of the house to the back in piles on the scaffolding ready for when they started.
Day 9 and it’s sufficiently warm enough for the brickies to get on with it. The picture below taken a few hours into the day and they’ve already made good progress. The rolls of padding I’d seen in the garden turn out not to be cladding to keep the roof warm, but insulation for between the walls.
First day of bricklaying
Working from home was entertaining today; the cement mixer is right outside my office window, so there’s been a constant sound of that in the background of all my phone calls today. The brickies working out the back are getting on with it, but it sometimes sounds as if they’re throwing the bricks onto the wall from some distance.
Tomorrow I’m lead to believe the scaffolder is returning to put another layer on for them as they’ve got as far as they can go right now. They should finish Thursday (Day 11) and the new roof timbers are arriving on Friday – given the chaos when the bricks were delivered I think I’ll make sure I’m out of the way and safely at work before they all turn up.
