Garage Door Installation - Removed Bricks

[ImperialHammer]

I recently had a sectional garage door with a track mounted motor fitted by a national company.

My garage is made out of breeze blocks with a pillar half way down the wall either side. The roof was upgraded over a decade ago from a flat roof to a tiled pitched roof.

The fitters had to remove bricks from the top of this pillar for the track and motor (track mounted motor).

Could this cause any structural issues?

 

[John D v2.0]

Presumably the pillar is there to locally thicken the wall to stop the walls falling in on windy days. If it's just a brick at the top that's not in itself supporting anything above, it should be nor a big problem to remove, especially if the wall is tied in to the roof properly.
However as always, photos or drawings would help.

 

[ImperialHammer]

Thank you for the quick reply. That's what I'm hoping but I'm not a building expert.

I've uploaded a couple of pictures of each pillar.

 

[John D v2.0]

I can only see 2 pics in total, but it looks like in the first one your roof is strapped down to the wall alright. Personally I wouldn't worry unless it's in an exposed location. Does look like they skimped on fixings on that back bracket in the secon dphoto though - might be worth adding some more. There was an incident with some "hi fold doors" the other year in guildford where they dropped down unexpectedly at a bad moment. That was a design flaw, but I'd always be careful with anything overhead that it's adequately fixed.

 

[^woody^]

The top of a pier does not do anything.

 

[ImperialHammer]

Sorry I meant two, one of each side. I had mentioned the fixing and it has been "reinforced" connected to the beams as they stated there was nowhere suitable in the brick. I'll upload an updated picture of it later tonight.

 

[ImperialHammer]

This is the fix the workman made when I queried the lack of fixings.