Rebuilding portion of interior brick wall - advice please

[SouthDrive]

Hello, I've posted a question already about some air bricks and this is a follow on from that.

After knocking off loose plaster and removing the filler and bits of wood etc.. this is what's left of my kitchen wall -
I've marked in red where Im going to put the new bricks.
Q1) have I missed anything or am I doing it wrong ?



I've put a wooden support in under the lintel incase I disturb anything..

 

[cdbe]

If nothings loose just board it over or fill in the holes with mortar and bits of brick. There's nothing needing bashing out or rebuilding.

 

[Charlie George]

As above, just fill holes with brick, no need to tooth out.

 

[stuart45]

I wouldn't bother toothing out either. You'll probably damage the reveal and end up rebuilding it. The old foremen used to say that ' they aren't worried about a few straight joints, it's the straight backs that bother them'.

 

[SouthDrive]

thanks everyone - bit relieved tbh

 

[^woody^]

Expanding foam - fills and fixes.

 

[SouthDrive]

Bro are you serious, expanding foam isn't how you fix your house.
It's why I'm in this situation rn, because the previous owner couldn't be bothered to repair the problem properly, expanding foam isn't a solution it's a bodge.
Pay less attention to adverts. Clown.

Everyone else, many thanks - first time for bonding for plastering now.

 

[^woody^]

Perhaps the reason you are in this situation now could be more sphincter related, than anything else?

 

[SouthDrive]

Perhaps the reason you are in this situation now could be more sphincter related, than anything else?

Hi Woody, I owe you an apology, I was quite rude to you, unnecessarily so, thanks for taking the time to read and comment on the thread -
I'm not sure I agree with expanding foam but tbh I don't know much about it or it's uses / applications.

In other news I bonded and plastered over the bricks- first time doing any bonding or plastering, its not great, but it's adequate! (At worst, it's still better than it was)

 

[stuart45]

If you get any rough areas, especially the joints of old to new, you can get a really smooth finish using Knauf fill and finish. It's really easy to sand down to nothing, so when painted you won't see any edges.