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My neighbour and I are restoring the original iron railings at two houses in Hackney. His house still has the original brick pier with a nice pier cap on top. Outside my house we have had to rebuild the pier from scratch and now I'm wondering how best to replicate his pier cap.
I've looked online and can't find any pier caps that even close to the right size or shape, and he's obviously keen to keep his original pier cap. So - I'm wondering if I could take a mould of his pier cap and pour my own custom cap with concrete?
After watching a lot of Youtube videos, it seems like silicone would be the way to go. My plan is to make a wooden frame around his pier cap and then pour silicone over it to make a mould. Then I would remove the mould and fill it with concrete to make a replica pier cap.
Does anyone any advice on whether or not this would work?! Is silicon the right material for the mould? Would it be strong enough or would the weight of the wet concrete distort it?
I don't mind a bit of trial and error. My main worry would be whether the silicone would damage my neighbour's pier cap.
Thanks!
I've looked online and can't find any pier caps that even close to the right size or shape, and he's obviously keen to keep his original pier cap. So - I'm wondering if I could take a mould of his pier cap and pour my own custom cap with concrete?
After watching a lot of Youtube videos, it seems like silicone would be the way to go. My plan is to make a wooden frame around his pier cap and then pour silicone over it to make a mould. Then I would remove the mould and fill it with concrete to make a replica pier cap.
Does anyone any advice on whether or not this would work?! Is silicon the right material for the mould? Would it be strong enough or would the weight of the wet concrete distort it?
I don't mind a bit of trial and error. My main worry would be whether the silicone would damage my neighbour's pier cap.
Thanks!