We are so glad we hired Juan and his crew, it took them 2 weeks to lay about 700 blocks , set 3 doors and 3 window frames , pour the cores and bond beam. I know now that we could not have done the on our own!
Clean up begins with breaking up the cement and block to be moved to our road for a base on the sandy soil.
Block work is VERY MESSY.... Need I say More.
The final course is called a channel block (bond beam) that will be filled with cement and rebar. There are hollow cores placed around each window/door frames and 4 feet apart from there, they will be filled with cement/rebar when the bond beam on the top is filled. As the cement is setting, J bolts /anchor bolts are placed to anchor the top boards to the wall.
They cut the block to create the angle of the roof.
The team of 3 worked so well together. Pollo mixed the mortar and delivered it and the block to Juan and Mario, who were laying the block.
Mariah filling the cores with Perlite so as to add more insulation value. We had to use a substance that would not absorb moisture and loose enough to easily pour into the core. As you see I am wearing goggles and covering my air passages as best I could. The Perlite is very fine and PAINfull to breathe.
Bolts and rebar tied together to anchor the door frames in place.
Blocks were cut for plumbing in the wall.
The first course is what sets the pattern for the whole wall. They used string, levels and squares constantly to assure the wall was going up straight.
Plastic and sand were the first to go down on the floor.
We hired a crew to raise the walls of the bathhouse. We did our research and found that laying block is very hard work . The blocks weigh about 40lbs each and it takes experience to make a building true, plumb and square. We did not want to experience a learning curve that might cost us more in the end.
We are so glad we hired Juan and his crew, it took them 2 weeks to lay about 700 blocks , set 3 doors and 3 window frames , pour the cores and bond beam. I know now that we could not have done the on our own!
Clean up begins with breaking up the cement and block to be moved to our road for a base on the sandy soil.
Block work is VERY MESSY.... Need I say More.
The final course is called a channel block (bond beam) that will be filled with cement and rebar. There are hollow cores placed around each window/door frames and 4 feet apart from there, they will be filled with cement/rebar when the bond beam on the top is filled. As the cement is setting, J bolts /anchor bolts are placed to anchor the top boards to the wall.
They cut the block to create the angle of the roof.
The team of 3 worked so well together. Pollo mixed the mortar and delivered it and the block to Juan and Mario, who were laying the block.
Mariah filling the cores with Perlite so as to add more insulation value. We had to use a substance that would not absorb moisture and loose enough to easily pour into the core. As you see I am wearing goggles and covering my air passages as best I could. The Perlite is very fine and PAINfull to breathe.
Bolts and rebar tied together to anchor the door frames in place.
Blocks were cut for plumbing in the wall.
The first course is what sets the pattern for the whole wall. They used string, levels and squares constantly to assure the wall was going up straight. 
Plastic and sand were the first to go down on the floor.
We hired a crew to raise the walls of the bathhouse. We did our research and found that laying block is very hard work . The blocks weigh about 40lbs each and it takes experience to make a building true, plumb and square. We did not want to experience a learning curve that might cost us more in the end.
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