Mortar colour

[Charlie George]

There could be a reason for the large beds, his brickwork looks neat and tidy,and it's not easy to bed up so much in 3 course.
Another possible reason, are the door thresholds level,he could of bedded up to keep both doors level, and why is there a dpc on top of external blockwork footing ?

 

[^woody^]

There could be a reason for the large beds

Yeah, the bricks are bone dry and he can't get them down to the right gauge.

Looking at the pointing it's been ironed when the mortar was dry and it's not as smooth as it could be.

 

[DC1977]

There could be a reason for the large beds, his brickwork looks neat and tidy,and it's not easy to bed up so much in 3 course.
Another possible reason, are the door thresholds level,he could of bedded up to keep both doors level, and why is there a dpc on top of external blockwork footing ?

The door thresholds will be level. I think the dpc is bituthene

 

[DC1977]

Yeah, the bricks are bone dry and he can't get them down to the right gauge.

Looking at the pointing it's been ironed when the mortar was dry and it's not as smooth as it could be.

Maybe raked pointing would look better with these bricks....

 

[Charlie George]

Yeah, the bricks are bone dry and he can't get them down to the right gauge.

Looking at the pointing it's been ironed when the mortar was dry and it's not as smooth as it could be.

No way you would get 30mm above gauge in 3 course unless it was deliberate(well i woudn't) at that rate they will save about 8 course of brick.

 

[Charlie George]

Maybe raked pointing would look better with these bricks....

Not with that sized beds,close up photo's can be decieving ,nobody looks at brickwork with their nose touching the wall,unless being arrested

 

[DC1977]

Not with that sized beds,close up photo's can be decieving ,nobody looks at brickwork with their nose touching the wall,unless being arrested

Very true!

 

[^woody^]

No way you would get 30mm above gauge in 3 course unless it was deliberate(well i woudn't) at that rate they will save about 8 course of brick.

Amateurs would. The low down bricks have big joints because the bricklayer can't see them easily so just drop the bricks on a thick bed. Then as they get higher the joints are in the eye line so they see them and [hopefully] try harder. It's down to parallax, and the the same thing is occurring in the photos which are on an angle, not dead on.

Either way trying to match an existing gauge is not right if that leads to such large joints.

 

[Charlie George]

Amateurs would. The low down bricks have big joints because the bricklayer can't see them easily so just drop the bricks on a thick bed. Then as they get higher the joints are in the eye line so they see them and [hopefully] try harder. It's down to parallax, and the the same thing is occurring in the photos which are on an angle, not dead on.

Either way trying to match an existing gauge is not right if that leads to such large joints.

I've not said it's right,just trying to find out why they did it,best way to find out is to ask the brickie.

 

[DC1977]

Any thoughts?

 

[^woody^]

Looks OK

 

[Charlie George]

Looks ok, did you mention to him about the large beds?

 

[^woody^]

Going by the blocks the brickwork gauge does not seem to be far out

 

[23vc]

The beds don’t look big any more, maybe that bit was a one off

 

[stuart45]

You won't have any face work showing below DPC by the look of it.