Toothing out or angle grinding

[bluebaron]

I got a window guy to install a new wider window. I told him I wanted him to extend the solider course, match the mortar colour as best as possible and too tooth in the side brickwork.

He’s pretty munched managed the first two ( though won’t know until it’s dry), but he’s angled grinded the side.

Now I’m thinking do I accept this and use some trim or something or ask him to redo it all?

I also noticed the cill looks a bit odd as it’s doesn’t overhang the hole?

How does it look?

 

[^woody^]

That mastic!

If you asked for toothing then you should get it. But it's generally a crap job, so what mess is he going to make of the toothing?

If you do accept it, don't forget to deduct the cost of the toothing.

 

[bluebaron]

Well I guess he’s going to have to take the window out and start again? He’s toothed out the bit below. It was originally a doorway.

 

[cdbe]

Guessing that's foam waiting for a trim. Has he tried to smear dyed "render" on it - doesn't even seem to have kept the ends of the full bricks on show.

 

[bluebaron]

I don’t think there anything on it at all, he’s just run the grinder down. I think he’s also lost the ends of the full bricks this is what happens when you leave stuff to the professionals!
He moved the day and I was working, normally I’m on site to watch. I was very clear with my instructions. He’s taking a window out tomorrow and bricking up on another wall. Again I’m not here but I talked it though with him yesterday.
Remove soldier course and tooth in match as best as possible mortar joints etc. not exactly difficult.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

not exactly difficult.

You know the answer then. This sort of experience is why I end up DIYing almost everything.

It looks terrible. If it was a shed then OK, definitely not acceptable for a house - even if you hadn't specified no decent builder should have thought this was an OK thing to do to someone's house (perhaps unless rendered).

It now needs replacement of half or one brick down the edge as the whole ones will have stained ends, from the perp joints before and now from the blathering they've had.

It will need propping, as the top one is holding the lintel.

This was once a DIY website, now it's mostly about telling tradesmen what to do!

 

[wessex101]

Remove soldier course and tooth in match as best as possible mortar joints etc. not exactly difficult.

Playing devils advocate, to be fair that is rather ambiguous and the builder has done as instructed. He removed the soldier course and toothed in the brickwork below the window. Toothing in usually suggests bonding new brickwork to old and might not convey that you wanted the window reveal "toothed in". What might have been better was something like "Form new fairfaced brickwork reveal to window to include making good brickwork and cutting out and replacing all damaged bricks."

 

[^woody^]

What might have been better was something like

Or better still, something like "Do a facking proper job"

 

[noseall]

Or better still, something like "Do a facking proper job"

Some folk will accept a cut brick face (finished with trim?), depending on costs. We tend to tooth out. We have had the odd occasion where the joints and the brick were like bell iron. It means a conversation with the customer.

London rustics are possibly the ugliest brick out there and have a deep frog. We'd have begged the customer to let us tooth in. Perp' alignment, mid way along a run, can be miles out too.

 

[robinbanks]

as the whole ones will have stained ends

If that fillet has only been recently applied it may still jet wash off and clean up with brick acid

 

[bluebaron]

Apparently he came back and trimmed it. I’m away at the moment so have a look when I’m home tomorrow.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Botchy OK I suppose, if it's down a back alley where nobody looks.