Barry Bright's Block Work

By: Shawn Kamrud

Barry Bright's Block WorkBy: Shawn Kamrud

One day, Steve decided that he wants to build his own house.

Steve needs to find someone who will lay the foundation for him.

So Steve calls Barry Bright's Block Work.

Steve and Barry talked about what needed to be done.

Barry shows up to the part of land where Steve wants to build his house. Barry starts to get the border lines of

the house using the transit.

After Barry gets his lines set, he calls in for a backhoe. A huge

roaring backhoe comes and digs out the foundation.

After the backhoe digs up the basement, Barry has to set the

forms for the footer. Barry has a concrete truck come

and pour the footer when Jim and Tim show up for work.

When the footer dries, Tim starts to mix mortar with a mortar

mixer. As Tim is mixing Jim starts to move the block to the area

where they are needed.

As Barry and Jim start to lay up the leads, Barry notices Jim’s lead is

wrong. Barry confronts Jim, and Jim walks

off the job as Barry hears the “clang” of Jim’s tools hit the

ground.

To fix Jim’s mistake, Tim will have use a mason saw to cut block to

fit into the wall. As Steve hears the “buzz” of the

saw, he comes over to see what is happening.

Steve asks Barry, “Why are you cutting the block that way?”

Barry says, “Don’t worry. The wall will be as strong as an ox.” Steve got back into his car. Barry starts to lay the block.

Barry and Tim work together as a team, and they got the foundation

finished. Steve is impressed with their work. Suddenly, Jim appears to tell Barry he is sorry, and Barry forgives him.

This book was written by Shawn Kamrud who is a senior at Lawrence County Career and Technical Center.

Shawn is enrolled in the masonry shop. Shawn is from the New Castle

Area School District.