Missing masonry but what is it and where can I get another?

[geggert1]

Hi All,

There is a bit of missing masonry on my house where a drain pipe used to go. I want to replace it.

Please can somebody to tell me what it is called and where I might find a bit to replace it with? I'm in the Birmingham area.

Thank you

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• geggert1
• 30 Aug 2014
• 1

 

[ree]

You have a terracotta string course composed of terracotta profiled bricks.

Google the above description or go to Hansens speciality bricks.

You will have to root out both smashed stubs of terracotta.

A 125mm grinder might help to rake out the mortar joints but its probably best to slowly, and carefully, pick out the terracotta remnants with a thin cold chisel.

The RWP should be jogged out and back avoiding the string course.

Never paint terracotta (or any masonry, for that matter).

Make a profile outline on a piece of thin cardboard to copy the exact profile dimensions.