i have a 1900 end of terrace. While trying to trace a leak cased by an old rose growing through the brick work I discovered that the bottom 2 courses of bricks in my foundation were missing at the corner, leaving the outside 6inches of house unsupported. How bad is this. Can i rebuild the missing brickwork or can i pour in a cement patch? As its all going to be undergroing looks in not important.
Missing foundation bricks
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The entire course? to what extent? a few meters? one brick? Photos maybe?
Also may wanna move this to the building forum
Also may wanna move this to the building forum
Looks like some pretty shody brickwork all round.. also looks like brick footings with a little bit of concrete under, not that uncommon.. actually may just be a little mortar under the bricks..
You should do things properly thou, so dig out all the loose material till you either hit the concrete under (if there is even some) or solid original soil.. then fill in to the bottom with mass concrete to the level of the adjacent brickwork base.. then replace the missing bricks with some engineering ones..hopefully none will be visible in the end so wont notice..
IF you find that digging out the loose material just means more of the wall falls away, then stop and seek someone to come out and look at it.. your drain leak may have caused more than just a couple of bricks to crumble..
You should do things properly thou, so dig out all the loose material till you either hit the concrete under (if there is even some) or solid original soil.. then fill in to the bottom with mass concrete to the level of the adjacent brickwork base.. then replace the missing bricks with some engineering ones..hopefully none will be visible in the end so wont notice..
IF you find that digging out the loose material just means more of the wall falls away, then stop and seek someone to come out and look at it.. your drain leak may have caused more than just a couple of bricks to crumble..
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thanks very much, I have lifted the next 2 paving slabs underwhich were some rusted old paint tins. I think i have found some solid ground, sadly not a nice concrete base. i think i will ask a few people what they reckon. But i like the idea of pouring the concrete and building up with engineering bricks. Hopefully my house wont collapse over night.... 
Its been supported by not much more than air for the last 30 yrs or so, so should be ok.
Its been supported by not much more than air for the last 30 yrs or so, so should be ok.DIYnot Local
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