Bricks have started...

Its been a little slow lately waiting for the weather to clear up so the brickies could begin. Originally they were going to be at our block early last week, then the weather held up their previous job, so then it was going to be mid Friday, but in the end it was today.

Today they just completed the foundations for the front level of the house. The floor supports will sit on the bricks they have completed, and then that will allow the frame to be completed.

Tomorrow the brickies will be back to begin on the garage. As the garage is on the border of the next block, and they have their block excavated, the builder is trying to get the garage done before they really begin so that no matter what they are doing on their block, it wont effect the brickies or hold them up as they cant get access to the side.

Anyway... A couple of photos

The first photo shows the bricks close up and you can see the 2 different colors of mortar. The bottom will be underground so not really relevant. The top off white mortar is what you will see. We are extremely happy with how it looks so far. Will be interesting once a garage wall is done to get a better idea of how it will look on a larger scale.

The second photo shows the completed foundations for the top level. The bricks are even with the garage, as the top level is about 30cm higher than the garage.