This weekend we got down to business on the greenhouse construction. I spent a couple of hours on Saturday gathering supplies. I made a trip to Lowe's to get two truck fulls worth of lumber and cinder blocks. I honestly won't need the lumber for a little while, but I wanted to make best use of the 10% coupon I had. I also purchased the mortar mix, rebar pins and anchor bolts that will be used in the construction of the walls.
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| Mortar mix, anchor bolts and rebar pins |
The 60 cinder blocks were loaded into the truck with a forklift, but since I don't have my own at home, they had to be unloaded by hand... That's a lot of blocks.
On Sunday, we got to work. (Although Saturday wasn't exactly sitting on our butts!) Christie and I carefully chalked the perimeter of the greenhouse. Then I laid the first bed of mortar and carefully placed the first block.
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| Laying the mortar bed for the first block |
The first couple of blocks were frustrating and tedious. But a couple of blocks later and we were cruising. I had some help from Christie and her dad and we were able to complete much more than I had expected!
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| Christie and her dad laying block |
After we were finished laying block for the day, Christie meticulously cleaned the tools and the work area, making sure that all of the mortar lines looked clean and filled.
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| Finish of the first day |
See other phases of the project here:
Zach, I admire people who do such projects themselves. Good luck to you and a lot of patience!
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