The mason has been busy cutting the opening for the windows and doors and doing a great job. He's going to re-build the sills with a brick masonry rowlock at a slight angle to keep the water from sitting on the sill. The steel headers are being tapped into place at the window head by removing some of the grout between the bricks on either side of the windows. This allows the weight of the brick over the opening to be distributed to the brick on either side of the window.
The front wall has been in-filled with a matching brick masonry where the old front door was a few days ago.
The brick walls are a double wythe (two rows) with a sizable airspace in-between. This is good for us as it acts as a natural insulator for the building.
I'm not sure if sunlight has ever touched the inside of this building!
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