Step bricks dropping

[DIY67]

My step bricks have slumped down over the years which I want to re-lay. can anyone tell me how I can get them out without damaging them please as I tried a crowbar which didn't work and I stopped for fear of chipping them ?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

can anyone tell me how I can get them out without damaging them please as I tried a crowbar which didn't work and I stopped for fear of chipping them ?

Drill a hole, in the centre of one, so you can insert a screw and plug. You can then lever the brick up using the screw, and a crow-bar. Get one up and the rest should be easy. When you relay that first brick, simply lay it with the opposite face up.

 

[DIY67]

Drill a hole, in the centre of one, so you can insert a screw and plug. You can then lever the brick up using the screw, and a crow-bar. Get one up and the rest should be easy. When you relay that first brick, simply lay it with the opposite face up.

Good idea thanks but ideally I would prefer to not have to put a hole in one of them.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Surely one of them can be levered up, where the gaps are bigger? You can probably loosen them by digging out whatever's between them with a suitable screwdriver or similar.

 

[DIY67]

Surely one of them can be levered up, where the gaps are bigger? You can probably loosen them by digging out whatever's between them with a suitable screwdriver or similar.

I'll have another go tomorrow thanks.

 

[stevie888]

I'd knock out the infill between slabs and bricks: it'll need reinstating anyway.