Day 36: Cleanup and stacking blocks

Today we removed all of the supports and cleaned up from the lift yesterday. We began to stack more APEX wall blocks. We completed placing blocks on the north, south and west walls. Here is a pic from the south at the end of day 36.

Green comment for the day:
Look for creative ways to use building materials that may be considered “waste”. I had a problem on the north, east and west walls. If blocks were to be stacked with their long dimension horizontal all the way to the top of the wall, I would need blocks cut to only a few inches tall on the top course. This would be wasteful and time consuming. We had many cut blocks leftover from prior courses that measured about 20 inches long in their horizontal dimension. For the last full height course and partial height course of block, we were able to use these leftover blocks by orienting them vertically. This had the following benefits:

• reduced waste
• reduced effort
• made the top course of block sturdier by combining it with the course below

In the following pick you can see all the blocks on the north wall turned vertically. Note that these blocks are just a few inches taller than the horizontally placed blocks below.

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