Soldier course
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You could cut the brick down to form a pistol, or cut the soldiers to suit(160mm?) or use a creasing tile on top of soldiers
What does your bricklayer say, is it the one who quoted £650 a thousand? or did you get someone cheaper, the going rate here in NW on sites is £700 min brick, £17 100mm block, insulation/lintels/cavity trays/detail work ie soldiers etc all paid extra, ready mixed mortar and materials placed next to working area.
This is one of the reasons private work is more expensive, i would want at least £1 a brick and £2 a block min, and extra for any daywork involved, and who pays me while waiting for scaffold/materials etc, i could lay nowhere near the amount i lay on site, so now i avoid extensions, not worth the hassle.
What does your bricklayer say, is it the one who quoted £650 a thousand? or did you get someone cheaper, the going rate here in NW on sites is £700 min brick, £17 100mm block, insulation/lintels/cavity trays/detail work ie soldiers etc all paid extra, ready mixed mortar and materials placed next to working area.
This is one of the reasons private work is more expensive, i would want at least £1 a brick and £2 a block min, and extra for any daywork involved, and who pays me while waiting for scaffold/materials etc, i could lay nowhere near the amount i lay on site, so now i avoid extensions, not worth the hassle.
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You could cut the brick down to form a pistol, or cut the soldiers to suit(160mm?) or use a creasing tile on top of soldiers
What does your bricklayer say, is it the one who quoted £650 a thousand? or did you get someone cheaper, the going rate here in NW on sites is £700 min brick, £17 100mm block, insulation/lintels/cavity trays/detail work ie soldiers etc all paid extra, ready mixed mortar and materials placed next to working area.
This is one of the reasons private work is more expensive, i would want at least £1 a brick and £2 a block min, and extra for any daywork involved, and who pays me while waiting for scaffold/materials etc, i could lay nowhere near the amount i lay on site, so now i avoid extensions, not worth the hassle.
Can you share an example of what you mean by pistol?
The problem is when my 73mm brick is stood vertically it seems too short compared to the 3 normal courses.
Does this make sense?
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Ordinarily, you would not use a single upright soldier detail with 73mm brick coursing rather you would introduce an ugly tile crease drip course. Ugly, and cumbersome as are all soldier courses. A right pain in the arris actually....
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I agree because your brick is 8mm too thick to make it work.
73mm brick with 10mm mortar would be 249mm for 3 courses.
Standing vertically it would be 225mm.
The only way i can think mathematically is to cut the brick length to 156mm for the solder course and have it over 2 courses, but that would give an interesting look!
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