That is an interesting renovation on the priory house. And I had never thought of bricks being traded on Le Bon Coin — but I guess about everything is.
The trick with loading bricks into a car is to get them as far forward in the load space as you can so they are sitting between the back and front wheels. Any excess weight at the back in a front wheel drive vehicle needs to be carefully dealt with. I know this from personal experience. I once bought a load of bricks for paving from my local brick factory, which was about 70 km from where my house was. My front wheels were barely touching the road and thus my steering was distinctly dodgy. Added to that it was a very windy day and I was travelling along the Dividing Range (near Toowoomba — I don’t know if you know the area…).
Rosemary Kneipp
April 1st, 2015 at 7:59 pm
Yes, that’s what we eventually did when we stopped and reloaded them. I don’t envy your experience along the Dividing Range! Next time, we’re taking the trailer.
Such beautiful old bricks, Rosemary! And the garden cloches ~ great shopping, you two! Looking forward to seeing Jean Michel’s handiwork in person, should we be able to arrange passing your way ~ and staying at your beautiful gîte ~ when we bike the Loire.
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I love the look of these houses
Amazing, isn’t it, to live in a priory!
A labour of love. The hard work will all be worth it. :0)
I’m just hoping Jean Michel will last the distance!
That is an interesting renovation on the priory house. And I had never thought of bricks being traded on Le Bon Coin — but I guess about everything is.
Le Bon Coin is the best resource I know!
The trick with loading bricks into a car is to get them as far forward in the load space as you can so they are sitting between the back and front wheels. Any excess weight at the back in a front wheel drive vehicle needs to be carefully dealt with. I know this from personal experience. I once bought a load of bricks for paving from my local brick factory, which was about 70 km from where my house was. My front wheels were barely touching the road and thus my steering was distinctly dodgy. Added to that it was a very windy day and I was travelling along the Dividing Range (near Toowoomba — I don’t know if you know the area…).
Yes, that’s what we eventually did when we stopped and reloaded them. I don’t envy your experience along the Dividing Range! Next time, we’re taking the trailer.
I like the look of the priory house!
Lovely, isn’t it?
Such beautiful old bricks, Rosemary! And the garden cloches ~ great shopping, you two! Looking forward to seeing Jean Michel’s handiwork in person, should we be able to arrange passing your way ~ and staying at your beautiful gîte ~ when we bike the Loire.
No wonder the car was groaning but I guess your backs were too at the end of the day.
What a wonderful old home you live in.
Surprisingly our backs didn’t suffer too much although I took a precautionary aspirine before going to bed.
What a great project and you are doing wonderful things. It is hard work some days, but the results are worth it!
Yes, the change in light will be extraordinary.
[…] I love the weigela for its abundance. It grows at one end of our vegetable garden and is a little bit hidden away but will be very visible from our future kitchen side window. […]
[…] that the practice window is coming along nicely and we’ve bought the secondhand stone sills and bricks for the kitchen windows, the next step is to buy some freestone blocks for the window on the back […]