Mortar - Ugh


This weekend, Curt and I mortared the whole back wall of the house, since this part of the house gets mostly buried under the ground it needs to be really waterproof.

Curt mixing the mortar.

We had to mix one bag of mortar at a time since you can't let it get to dry. Then we used trowels to spread it on the wall. I spent most of the day in a squatting position to get the bottom of the wall so Curt could get the top. The wall is 8' by 90'. My thighs are about dead, and Curt's shoulders are dead, together we had the perfect work out.

Tools of the trade.

When is was all done this is what it looks like, you can tell that on the last wall we were a bit tired. But all in all, not a bad job.

Last wall, not quite as smooth.

The pile of motor bags at the end of the day.

This is how messy I got, and this is just my legs!

After a shower (see pic above) we had well deserved pizza and wine and pretty much fell asleep. Just another exciting day and night at the Carpenter house.