wobbly pillar, cement seal had broken! What can I do

[Chrisangell]

Hi, I am making a patio and along one side I have a wall then then three pillars of 2x2 bricks , 120cm high .

On The middle column, the lower cement seal has broken and made the wall wobbly, the fence panels in between the wall is keeping it up BUT what can I do to strengthen it up without taking the pillar down again??

Many thanks Chris

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• Chrisangell
• 29 Jun 2013
• 1

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[^woody^]

Helical bars, drilled at 60° across the pier/wall connection, set in resin, and then pointed will be unobtrusive

 

[catlad]

The wind is going to blow it over on a windy day so you may as well re build it.

 

[noseall]

The brick pillars are under sized and are likely to fail repeatedly.

 

[ivixor]

Yep if that quite new looking wall has failed already, it's got no hope. Replace brick pillars with wooden fenceposts, bolted to the top of the low wall section.

 

[stuart45]

That's quite common with 9 inch piers. Movement of the fence in a strong wind will break the joint. 13 inch piers are much stronger.