Building garage around a garage

[UKMICKY]

Gable blues . So I’ve ran out of reds an only have 8 left and my local shop ain’t got any left but I still need to do the final course at the top of the gable . Apart from a bit of front damage that needs repointing I’m quite impressed with my results so far taking into account I had never laid a brick before i decided to rebuild the garage so don’t want to screw it up.

I have about 30 blues still sitting around ,

Wife thinks I should wait until the shop gets a new delivery and do the final course in red when they come in.
Son reckons I should do the final course both in red and blues ,so one in blue then a red then a blue and so on.
I’m thinking of doing the whole final layer in the blues.

Any idea which is the best way forward, what would you do.

Ps to anyone don’t buy wicks bricks the size different between each brick can be as much as 5 mm in length and 4 mm in height.

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[Charlie George]

Finish it in red, looks good for first time

 

[theflyingpig]

You've seriously never laid a brick before?? Hats off to you, looks amazing.

 

[UKMICKY]

Cheers guys.

Laying bricks I found to be quite easy , blocks are a pain. Pointing things up well I found in the beginning to be harder than laying

The main problem with having no experience is the time it takes . Something that would take a brickie two hours to lay was taking me two days in the beginning. I also measure, level ,gauge ,plumb etc to much as I can’t trust my eye. I also would also never have got this far without YouTube and woody and a few other on here.

I agree it looks good in red but i need to get the roof on. Has anyone got any pictures of blues with reds on a gable .