corrado vr6
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| posted on 12/3/16 at 09:00 AM |
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Any brickies or builders on here?
Hi there
I'm in need of some advice, I need to chop out this concrete step below from within the brickwork. I believe this was the old back door at some
point which has been patched in, however there is no DPC now between the brick and the concrete.
My question is will I be ok to bolster out all the concrete in one go and patch in the brickwork or should I do it in sections so it's supported
as I go?
[Edited on 12/3/16 by corrado vr6]
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/3/16 at 12:40 PM |
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Only a few bricks will drop if you don't support it, which isn't the end of the world. I'd drill it to death first so it comes out
easier.
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Smoking Frog
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| posted on 12/3/16 at 04:12 PM |
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No support needed. It looks like a solid wall with stretchers. I'm no brick layer mind.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/3/16 at 04:50 PM |
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I'm not a brickie either - but I'd want to know the condition of the mortar in the joints above the step before I started hacking. If
it's sound then maybe you'll be OK, but if it's crumbling to dust...
...it looks quite elderly in the photo.
[Edited on 12/3/16 by David Jenkins]
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 12/3/16 at 07:06 PM |
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What's the worst that can happen?
Whoops
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02GF74
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| posted on 12/3/16 at 07:35 PM |
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Find an old palette or other bits of wood and make short wedges to support the gaps as you make them.
Is what i saw on tv fred dibnar doing, if its strong enough to hold up a 100 ft chimney, should be ok for your wall.
I am not a brickie either but i know pink floyd did an album about a wall.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 13/3/16 at 12:16 AM |
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You can expect to loosen the thin/chopped down bricks, but it's common to have openings in brick walls up to 1m wide with little/no support.
However, as you say it's an old door way, is there a lintol above? If so, that will take any weight and you can go for it as the bricks to
either side will carry the structural load.
PS, if your house falls over, I told you it looked dodgy! 
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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