The wall and pier had been hit by a vehicle causing substantial damage. The damaged wall and pier were taken down and most of the bricks were cleaned off and re-used in the rebuild.
On 2nd October 2011,
in brick wall repairs, Bricklaying, Building, building repair, damaged piers, damaged wall repairs, General Building Repairs, insurance brick wall repairs, insurance building repairs, insurance wall repairs, Pointing, rebuild, replace bricks, struck pointing, wall collapse, wall repairs, weatherpointing,
by Damon
The wall and pier had been hit by a vehicle causing substantial damage. The damaged wall and pier were taken down and most of the bricks were cleaned off and re-used in the rebuild.
On 10th July 2011,
in Bricklaying, Building, building repair, corner of building repair, damp in walls, freeze/thaw, General Building Repairs, Odd Jobs, Pointing, rebuild, replace bricks, wall collapse, wall garden, water penetration,
by Damon
As a common feature of wall gardens over a period of the time, the soil soaks up the rainwater which penetrates the brick and a freeze/thaw situation occurs. This systematically blows the face of the brick until eventually the whole brick disintegrates causing the wall to collapse. Early repairs will prevent the latter from happening […]
As a common feature of wall gardens over a period of the time, the soil soaks up the rainwater which penetrates the brick and a freeze/thaw situation occurs.
This systematically blows the face of the brick until eventually the whole brick disintegrates causing the wall to collapse.
Early repairs will prevent the latter from happening and bring the wall back to its former glory
Hence the old bricks were removed and the damamged wall was rebuilt as can be seen in the photos (the new bricks will obviously stand out for some time until they weather and blend in the existing bricks)
