Saturday, 27 December 2014

SOME AMAZING BRICKWORK - Inside the Abbaye de Saint Benoir du Lac , Quebec , Canada .



DERIVATION OF THE " HERRINGBONE " BRICKWORK PATTERN .


 From this to that ......


And that to this .


JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ADD THIS ....... FORD GRANADA Mk / 3 SCORPIO  2.4i and it's in White ..... Would love to get another one ..... Maybe this year . 



ED BALLS  ( Shadow Chancellor & MP ) Dec 2014 .
in the workshop at college ..... fancied himself as a bit of a trowel ...... huh , about as much good as he is a politician !!!

Friday, 26 December 2014

JUST A COUPLE OF ME , GOING ABOUT MY DAY ON SITE ( AND SEEMING QUITE HAPPY ABOUT IT ) .      Pics by John Logan .

                         
                           

BRICKWORK FEATURE WALL

THIS WAS A RADIUS " PLANTER " WALL BUILT IN THE COURTYARD OF A NEW CARE HOME IN HORLEY , SURREY 2013 .  Over 400 Bricks in one course x 10 and about 6 hours to set out !  

The second photo is of , believe it or not , the guys who built it !!!  No , we didn't drag them off the set of " THE WALKING DEAD " ....... just a freaky shot courtesy of my good friend and hod carrier mate John Logan . ( See him in action on YouTube :  " The Hod Carrier " by 147funfunfun ) .  Even he is not quite sure what happened but insists there is no editing involved hahaha !!!


STEVE and MICKY 

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

 CHIMNEYS - MOSTLY DONE WITH ANDY JOHNSON alias " LONG PRONG " .  ( Folan & Johnson Roofing Specialists of Horley , Surrey ) .

1st ONE ....  What a " Beast " !!!  AND BELOW ....  2 more " Beasts " AND BELOW THAT ....  some " Littler Beasts ".