Laying Blocks Order and Leveling Corners

[Skavenger]

Hi;

I am building a small workshop in my garden, part block part wood. The workshop will have breeze block walls to three sides and the rear wall will be the existing garden wall.

When building the block walls what order should they be laid out. What I mean is should I lay one complete course at a time or build up the corners first and then fill in between. There will be a door and a couple of windows.

If doing the corners what is the best way to ensure the courses are at the same height?

TVM

 

[stuart45]

You can lay the first course all round to set out the bond, but then it's best to build up the corners and run in to the line.
Use a storey rod with the block courses marked on them. You need a datum point in the corners to work from.

 

[Ian H]

I did some block laying recently and I did a row at a time starting with the corner ones first. I made sure they were perfectly level then put a string across and completed the line.

I'll google a story rod though, I'm sure I can improve my technique.

 

[stuart45]

You can lay one course at a time, but if you put up a couple of small corners it gives the brickwork or blockwork a bit of time to steady up, and there is a bit more weight on the lower blocks to hold it steady when pulling the line through. It also makes life easier with the corner blocks for the line.

 

[^woody^]

Get them corners up! Five blocks out, ten course high to the top of the frames.

 

[Skavenger]

Thanks - just googled storey rod and found storey pole:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey_pole

 

[Skavenger]

You can lay one course at a time, but if you put up a couple of small corners it gives the brickwork or blockwork a bit of time to steady up, and there is a bit more weight on the lower blocks to hold it steady when pulling the line through. It also makes life easier with the corner blocks for the line.

Makes sense as I was wondering how to line everything up but with the corners one or two courses higher I can put a line across . I guess though even with a corner level and a line across ensuring that each course on two corners is the same height is pretty tricky without a laser level!!