Final brick in the house

Saturday, 19th, At last, put the final brick in the house foundations, took a little over 7 days to do it, I'm not a fast bricklayer, also, I'm not a slow bricklayer, could call me `` A Half-Fast´´ bricklayer, come on think about it.


Detail of front porch, showing reinforcing and Styrofoam insert to prevent a ``Coldbridge´´
The metal strip to the left of the photo, this is what gets attached to the frame of the house to keep it in place, these are spaced at about one meter intervals.


House foundations, the lower point on the back wall is where the terrace will be, the blob in the middle is the support for the fireplace.
A few tips, if you ever decide to build your own place, buy or hire a laser building level, it saves a lot of time and effort, quite possibly a bit of cash too, use it to do last row of bricks, as the tolerance for an element house is, + - 5mm, as you would appreciate, the better the level, then a lot easier to continue.
Measuring for square, an old and tried method, is to do a cross measure, measuring from corner to corner, a much more precise method, is, take side A and side B, multiply A x A plus B x B = C, take the square root of C, this will tell you exactly in millimeters what your cross measure should be.
Having made things level and square, then proceeding to the next stage is a walk in the park.
That's it for this week, next on the agenda, insulation, then the electrician can come and put in a few cables, waterproofing, stone chipping, rainwater pipes and not forgetting the garage foundations.