Engineering bricks
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Suppose it depends what the pier is for.... usually engineering bricks are used below DPC height.
It’s likely to be a strength requirement, has a structural engineer spec’d it?
Often engineering bricks are required for padstones, piers etc
Often engineering bricks are required for padstones, piers etc
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It is to form a pier. We have a steel that goes into a wall at the moment and is supported by a steel on the other side. The builder wants to build a small pier for added support to the wall. He used breeze blocks to start with, but we said we wanted bricks instead so that it tied in with the brick wall. We have a whole load of engineering bricks so are hoping these are ok to use?
Maybe, but does it need it?
What does the calculations for the beam, which will be required for building control, say?
Whether or not you need a pier depends on the load the beam imparts to it, and the state of the existing wall.
A good material to use for a small pier is concrete common brick. Engineering brick is OK - it has a higher crushing strength than concrete brick - but is usually perforated, which reduces the overall strength and is also difficult to cut.
Your SE will have the figures to hand and should be able to tell you the size of pier, and its material.
A good material to use for a small pier is concrete common brick. Engineering brick is OK - it has a higher crushing strength than concrete brick - but is usually perforated, which reduces the overall strength and is also difficult to cut.
Your SE will have the figures to hand and should be able to tell you the size of pier, and its material.
A good number of times 'can't' 'wont' and 'shouldn't! ' turned out to be code for 'would prefer not to', 'i don't like him/her', 'I can't be arsed'.
I am thinking of the other builder that 'won't use them.'
'Why?' causes all sorts of defensiveness which true professionals rarely get upset about when they know their stuff and understand how customers want to understand what's going on. It's usually the less knowledgeable primmadonnas that take the question to mean 'I know you are wrong and...'
In a similar situation the brickie I was labouring for said they would have been fine but they don't cut down easily with your trowel and send shards off like glass. But the customer was fobbed off.
I am thinking of the other builder that 'won't use them.'
'Why?' causes all sorts of defensiveness which true professionals rarely get upset about when they know their stuff and understand how customers want to understand what's going on. It's usually the less knowledgeable primmadonnas that take the question to mean 'I know you are wrong and...'
In a similar situation the brickie I was labouring for said they would have been fine but they don't cut down easily with your trowel and send shards off like glass. But the customer was fobbed off.
Should the bricklayer be cutting them with a trowel? The perforated ones particularly do not cut well.
Depends if he's a proper bricklayer or just someone who bought a trowel from Wilko last week.
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