I had a double garage built 2yrs ago the rear and side walls are single leaf with the front being double. In each rear corner is a brick pillar tied into rear and side walls with metal wall tiles, in the centre of each side and the rear walls are single brick pillars two brick width, these are tied again with same wall tiles but the mortar has cracked from top to bottom where they meet the outside wall and if I push them I can hear them knock against the outside wall? They don't sway or swing but they definitely have a small amount of movement, this doesn't seem right?
Brick pillar?
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That isn't right at all. They should be built into the walls not just put up next to them. How long are the walls with these pillars in them?
Sounds like the piers are not properly tied to the external skin of masonry. It is however, common to build these separately as it means the facing bricks can run through. You could retrofit the ties by using a proper retrofit wall tie, in order to tie the external leaf to the pier.
The arrangement of piers should be in accordance with Diagram 17 and 18 of the Building Regulations Part A (incidentally does not require piers in the corners).
The arrangement of piers should be in accordance with Diagram 17 and 18 of the Building Regulations Part A (incidentally does not require piers in the corners).
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Hi walls are approx 5-6m in length, can't remember exactly off top of my head.Facing bricks do run through so looks right outside. I know the wall ties are in, the metal ones with triangle ends as I remember seeing them before the piers where finished. I haven't approched the builder yet just wanted to get my facts right.
Sorry I missed the part about wall ties.... Makes more sense now. You could quite easily take the bricks down, clean up and then rebuilt the pillar replacing any faulty or loose wall ties.
Piers should be about 3m centres, so would expect a mid-pier.
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