Padstone installation

[elliott_jc]

Grateful for any advice please. I need to install one end of a UB (178x102x19) on a brick nib that needs some building up before the padstone can be put ion. It’s a Victorian tenement so big bricks and lots of soft mortar. The SE specified a minimum 150mm bearing on a 200x100x200 padstone and provided a neat diagram for stitching in the bricks. The reality is a bit different as there is an existing lintel in the way. Please see attached pdf for my proposed approach – would this be acceptable? Rgds John

 

[noseall]

Please see attached pdf for my proposed approach – would this be acceptable?

Yes, I will look as soon as you rotate the drawing so that I don't have to
bend me neck. Thanks.

 

[drpepe]

Noseall:

Open the file.
Right-click on it.
Select Rotate clockwise.

 

[elliott_jc]

Apologies, see new image attached here. One concern is that the brickwork is victorian with thick layers of mortar so perhaps there could be movement as a result of the new load. Then again the SE has looked at it so perhaps I'm unduly concerned.

 

[noseall]

Looks ok to me. Not too much straight nick going on. Quarter bond is better than nowt.