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["Rob Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

Thanks, Gene. That is something like what I was thinking. I have paid to 
have so much done to get this house set up, well, septic, footers, 
electrical, that I feel at least a little better doing this and the porches 
myself. That's not mentionig the interior work it needs.

I'll ask about the insulation. I assume that it needs it

Rob


> > Anyway, I was wondering......if anyone here has done this or got any tips
> > for me. Is there more here to consider? Coming from Florida, all the
> > freezing pipes and stuff is making me think that there may be some things
> > I can do now to make that better.
>
> Rob, talk to locals on whether you should install insulation.
>
> As for laying the brick, measure from the top of your footing to the 
> bottom
> of the home, then calculate the number of courses plus mortar joint
> thickness. You can adjust that joint thickness to make a perfect fit at 
> the
> top when you squish in the last mortar from both inside and outside.
>
> I've not done this but it seems to me a good idea to have a termite shield
> between the bottom of the home and the top of the brick wall. I would also
> install interior piers before building the wall.