Garden wall tied into house wall, removal?

Nige F · 18 Aug 2020

robodelfy said:
Wow, I was away working for the weekend and this thread is out of control!!

Sorry about that ... you might notice I refer to ree vinn and bobasd - look @ some of their posts . That's "ted456" previously ,before the mods banned him . All the time he argues and thinks he knows it all. Ignore his rantings and go with the EWI guys and the others here.

denso13 · 18 Aug 2020

Nige F said:
go with the EWI guys

Yea, apologies too from me. Ask the guys on site for some advice as they have seen it.

robodelfy · 18 Aug 2020

denso13 said:
Yea, apologies too from me. Ask the guys on site for some advice as they have seen it.

Thanks, seems like I don't really need to hack off all the render below the bell cast

One other question, I grinded the garden wall and chipped it back flush. But there are bricks below ground level still tied into the wall of the house. Should I keep digging down and try and grind these off and get rid of them too? (See photo) I was worried about these bricks moving damp into the house wall, but also don't want to mess with the foundations!

Probably being paranoid

ted456 · 18 Aug 2020

You need to hack off the render below the BellCast.

denso13 · 18 Aug 2020

robodelfy said:
Should I keep digging down and try and grind these off and get rid of them too?

In my opinion no. Below DPC level doesn't matter, if you remove the bricks then any infill/soil will be touching the wall, same difference.

robodelfy · 18 Aug 2020

denso13 said:
In my opinion no. Below DPC level doesn't matter, if you remove the bricks then any infill/soil will be touching the wall, same difference.

Ok thanks. How do I know where the dpc is if I cant see it?

ted456 · 19 Aug 2020

OP,
Chip out a little mortar from each bed and you will find any DPC if one exists in the wall.
Work from low to high - how low i dont know because i cant see where the render stops.

Captain Nemesis · 13 Oct 2020

robodelfy said:
The external wall insulation people said that it's not a bad idea to get off the really loose render but there is no need to get it all off if its stuck remotely well, as they mechanically fix the EWI and with adhesive.

Mechanically fix into the render, or through? Did they do pull-out tests?

Nd surely you get nowhere if you glue things to flaky render?

robodelfy · 13 Oct 2020

Captain Nemesis said:
Mechanically fix into the render, or through? Did they do pull-out tests?

Nd surely you get nowhere if you glue things to flaky render?

They mechanically fix into the brick work and also use adhesive to fix it everywhere. So they said a few patches of blown render won't matter, it will all be pinned to the wall essentially. They said if render is just falling off they will obviously take it off. But theres no point chipping away for hours

Captain Nemesis · 13 Oct 2020

So youve not had it done yet?

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Garden wall tied into house wall, removal?

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