This week we’re putting the brick floors in throughout the house and on the porches. Although it seems odd to put the finished floors in before the walls even go up, doing it this way has a lot of advantages. For one, it’s faster, because without the interior frame walls there are fewer doorways and obstacles to contend with inside, meaning fewer bricks that will have to be cut. And access around the building is wide open, so we’re not bringing 7,300 bricks in through the front door. The non-bearing interior frame walls will be able to sit right on the bricks. One downside is that some details like exterior door thresholds need to be figured out way in advance. The bricks get covered with sand, and that sand will remain inside the building while the walls and roof are built, which isn’t great our workspace’s indoor air quality. The sand will be shoveled out the window openings before the windows and doors are put in. But there’s also a nice simplicity to laying the sand down now — as we walk on these floors over the next couple months, the sand will work itself into all the little cracks, locking the bricks in place. We buy our bricks from @kinneybrick_co. They aren’t manufacturing their interior split bricks in the South Valley anymore, but still sell an awesome selection of brick made elsewhere. These are the “Toltecs” from @summitbrick, and we love the variety of colors in each batch. Brick makes for an awesome floor (especially in an adobe house) — it looks great, is super durable, and is more economical than you might think. #brickfloor #adobe #adobeconstruction #herringbone #howitsmade #abqrealestate #brick #flooring

Jul 20, 2021