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The Project: A 2,163 square foot house utilizing dry stack concrete block construction with a central courtyard and based on the Spanish colonial-era missions in San Antonio. The Challenge: Can a forty-something married couple design and build an attractive, efficient and mostly paid-for house while remaining sane, solvent and married? With no actual prior construction experience? Hmmmmm - let's check in on our Contestants and see how they're doing... |
| The temp is 98, the humidity is about the same. These delivery guys are earning their pay as we take delivery of around 5,000 concrete blocks of varying sizes, shapes and uses. |  |
| Let's see...we have a slab, 5,000 blocks and a bunch of windows sitting here. This must be where the "some assembly required" part comes into play. |  |
| We set the first course down, marking spaces for doors and seeing exactly how everything fits together. Note that we have rebar coming up from the slab every 4 feet. We will fill the columns where these holes line up with grout to tie the walls into the foundation. The roof will tie into these columns on the top of the walls. Should be safe from everything except the IRS and the taxman... |  |
| The closest thing to a new car I'm going to see for awhile, this block cart is pretty essential equipment for DIY types. |  |
| Yep, bought The Wife a new cement mixer for her birthday. Can't understand why she's not speaking to me... |  |
| Next: We throw a "block party" for an unsuspecting friend. Click here. |
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