What’s this called?

[danoid]

Hello,

I’m trying to fix the top of my garden wall and replacing some broken bits but I’ve no idea what the slim brick thing is called

It’s dimensions are 27cm(ish) length, 1cm thick and 17cm wide.

Also what ratio of sand and cement 1:4 or 1:5, or something else?

Thanks

 

[wessex101]

That is a strange camera angle! Tile creasing?

 

[danoid]

That is a strange camera angle! Tile creasing?

The first picture is the top of the wall on another mini wall in my garden

It should be up here

 

[wessex101]

That's better. Yes tile creasing or creasing tiles.

 

[tony1851]

Or alternatively a coping formed as a tile creasing?

 

[danoid]

That's better. Yes tile creasing or creasing tiles.

Excellent, i’ll see if I can find any now I know what they’re called

Any idea on the sand and cement ratio I should go with?

 

[wessex101]

Excellent, i’ll see if I can find any now I know what they’re called

Any idea on the sand and cement ratio I should go with?

1:4 should be good with those engineering bricks.

 

[^woody^]

You will probably find that they are just clay roof tiles.

They are forming tile crease, but they are not called tile crease tiles. So go to the roofing merchants not the kitchen and bathroom shop.

 

[wessex101]

You will probably find that they are just clay roof tiles.

They are forming tile crease, but they are not called tile crease tiles. So go to the roofing merchants not the kitchen and bathroom shop.

These look like proprietary creasing tiles. They look quite flat and span the whole thickness of the wall. I think you would struggle to re-create that detail with plain roof tiles.

 

[^woody^]

These look like proprietary creasing tiles. They look quite flat and span the whole thickness of the wall. I think you would struggle to re-create that detail with plain roof tiles.

But they are roof tile size

 

[danoid]

I believe i’ve found them on TP

https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/cla...easing-tile-red-265mm-x-165mm-x-12mm/p/445637

It’s odd as it’s in roof tiles section but in the description it says not to be used as roof tiles and says it’s flat etc and no nibs

One of my black (blue it turns out) bricks was broken and found one at Jewson made by Wienerberger and the TP creasing tile in the link above is also Wienerberger so looks promising

 

[wessex101]

Remember to keep your mortar quite dry. There will be very little absorption from the bricks and tiles so if it is too wet you will get into a hell of a mess.

 

[^woody^]

Well, strike me down with gauging trowel!