We were able to score some second hand bricks from a company in West Melbourne called 'Paddy's bricks' the owner was very helpful. When I was there, around the back is a huge yard with piles of bricks and 3 blokes sitting down chipping away the mortar. Tough going. The rest of the materials were sourced from Bunnings to save time.
Third and final phase of construction is the external cladding and plastic sheet window. The cladding will give the wall water proofing from rain and also a little more rigidity.
Here is the second phase of construction, with the addition of Jack studs, Noggings, Lintels, trimmers and insulation. Brick ties will be laid in the mortar to give the Masonry wall more stability. Also top plates and bottom plates complete the timber wall frame. The timber frame is the only structural support for the roof (even tho a roof will not be added) and masonry wall.
This is a working drawing for the first phase of construction, approx 50 bricks in all will be used with MGP10 90X35 timber for the framing and old pillows for insulation. Still undecided about the external cladding and window. Brickies mud will be used for mortor to hold the bricks.
Here's a little animation that shows the addition of weatherboards and roofing materials and then swings around and shows the reverse brick veneer.
Here are the next installments of the Sketchup model with the additions of a window and insulation. The first illustration is a kind of section outlining the different components, Red: Studs, Yellow: Noggins, Blue: Cripple Stud, Pink: Sill trimmer, Purple: Jack Studs, Cyan: Lintel, Green: Top & Bottom plate, plus the timber window and Styrofoam insulation
The bottom illustration is a more complete look of the current stage. The brick component has no structural relevance what so ever, it is mainly concerned with the thermal mass qualities such as R-values, more about that later,
Took a trip to Bunnings Warehouse today to look at which materials are available and discovered the variety was lacking so might try and find a second hand building materials outlet in the local area instead to source materials.
Next installment will include cladding and how to achieve a water proof finish...
I've started to build a 3D model of the 'reverse brick veneer' wall construction on sketch up so we can finally get an idea what we're trying to construct. I'll keep posting images as I go along, there's a possibility that the wall will go through some changes as problems pop-up. So far here's the timber frame wall plus rafters and fascia board with the brick wall sitting 50mm behind the frame to allow for ties so the timber frame can support it. Next will be insulation and window.
We were able to score some second hand bricks from a company in West Melbourne called 'Paddy's bricks' the owner was very helpful. When I was there, around the back is a huge yard with piles of bricks and 3 blokes sitting down chipping away the mortar. Tough going. The rest of the materials were sourced from Bunnings to save time.
Here is the second phase of construction, with the addition of Jack studs, Noggings, Lintels, trimmers and insulation. Brick ties will be laid in the mortar to give the Masonry wall more stability. Also top plates and bottom plates complete the timber wall frame. The timber frame is the only structural support for the roof (even tho a roof will not be added) and masonry wall.
The bottom illustration is a more complete look of the current stage. The brick component has no structural relevance what so ever, it is mainly concerned with the thermal mass qualities such as R-values, more about that later,
Took a trip to Bunnings Warehouse today to look at which materials are available and discovered the variety was lacking so might try and find a second hand building materials outlet in the local area instead to source materials.
I've started to build a 3D model of the 'reverse brick veneer' wall construction on sketch up so we can finally get an idea what we're trying to construct. I'll keep posting images as I go along, there's a possibility that the wall will go through some changes as problems pop-up. So far here's the timber frame wall plus rafters and fascia board with the brick wall sitting 50mm behind the frame to allow for ties so the timber frame can support it. Next will be insulation and window.
