The Real Deal

For the past few weeks, we have been practicing bricklaying and learning the techniques to it. We would build a section of a wall then break it down so we could reuse the bricks for practice. This time we are building a permanent structure. On the walls that we previously capped of with slate, we are continuing to build them up to make it an amphitheater shape with each level rising.

We started by building up the corners so we could run our string line for the center portion. 

This is my section of the wall. After setting up the corners, I was able to build the center up and then I laid my brick according to those corners. 

This is the corner that I built based on the brick below. 

Here, I am working on the infill structure. The bricks are dirty because they are the ones we practiced with and they will be covered so no one will see them. We will be building along the other side for our mid-term exam for the class.