'Pinning' bricks with rebar

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I'm building a open brick gazebo and some of the floor detail has got me thinking.

The floor is raised 200mm and the brick detail has a 50mm overhang. The trouble I'm having is the corner brick (110mm x 110mm) as I cat imagine it lasting long as is.

Do you think that pinning the bricks with a length of 10mm rebar would do the trick?

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You would not finish a brick detail edge like that.

Rather, you would finish the pattern say 225mm in from the edge then surround the lot in a standard brick-on edge 'frame'. This could be done in a different (contrasting) brick i.e. engineering standard with corner specials etc.
 
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Use a steel plate say 150mm wide, bed on the brick course below and oversell the detail you have shown. The flat plate will support the 50mm overhang on the corners. Or as noseall said, 215mm wide band as below
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I've just mocked it out and I should be able to get away with a 1/3rd overhang, so within tolerances.

I will stick a bit of 5mm mild steel in the corners though for piece of mind.
 
It's not going to be visible and I can paint it up easy enough. I have a metal worker in the village and I think it'd be easier and cheaper to get a few off cuts from him.
 
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