Brick work moving above damp proof course
lovely work, incredibly neatCorrect. One we did earlier...
it looks a decent job
About 75% of the brickwork, all of the cornering and pillars and built the curve in its entirety and laid most of the blues on top.you sure u did that Noseall
I had the cranked steel posts fabricated, below...
Noseall, you need to post more pictures of your work. It is First Class!!
Andy
Andy
Out of interest, obviously on the runs you work to a line, how do you go about the curve? just by eye?
Yes, but it was a fiddle. In order to mimic the privet hedge that was there, it was telling me to exit the pillar the same but opposite to the other pillar. I tried but it looked waz. So I set it out as you see and it took several messings about with bricks trying to get even cranks in every brick - and that is the art. I was able to use full length bricks for most of the curve then went to snap headers for the severe bit. There is exactly one extra full brick in the outer part of the curve than the inner part. Every curve brick is laid, levelled and plumbed. The secret to a good looking curve is even off-set in every brick and dead plumb and level.
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You would not believe how taught you have the line on a 22m run. I was able to tune it to a G-flat.
The slightest wind and the line misbehaves.
We set it out in blockwork once I'd traced it out in bricks and marked the concrete. Then a power cable blew in the footpath and about four utility company vans turned up and commandeered my wall and working space...
Here is how it looked previously...
His plumbing is atrocious too. Shocking!
