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Post by Blarno on Jul 26, 2021 9:03:05 GMT
As you may know, I'm not afraid to get stuck in and get stuff done, especially if that stuff usually involves paying someone else an extortionate amount of money. To that end, I decided to remove the old kitchen door which has been rendered useless since I put the patio doors in last year. This meant even more brickwork than when I did that. As usual, a lot of the bricks broke whilst I was removing the halves, but I kept them in order to be glued back in. I miscalculated how many bricks I needed and by the time I reached this stage, when my mix ran out, I had 10 bricks left. 1 trip to Buildbase and £50 later, I got the job done. Almost seamless.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 26, 2021 10:10:11 GMT
My grandad was a brickie and I think he'd be pretty pleased with that.
Was there no lintel over the door?
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Post by Blarno on Jul 26, 2021 10:20:58 GMT
There is a lintel, it's a 5mm thick strip of steel that runs the entire width of the house - the patio doors, this door and the kitchen window are all underneath it.
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Post by PG on Jul 26, 2021 12:54:29 GMT
Very impressive.
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Post by Martin on Jul 26, 2021 13:12:28 GMT
Excellent work!
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Post by Tim on Jul 26, 2021 13:18:23 GMT
Great job. I'd love to post a picture of the repair I did to our pebble-dashed wall but it's an atrocious job that would break the camera. Mind you if I parked a new 7 series beside it then it would probably look fine  |
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Post by garry on Jul 26, 2021 13:41:26 GMT
Great work. My diy skills start and end with changing a fuse.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2021 14:46:48 GMT
It looks mucking marvelous, nicely done, Sir.
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Post by racingteatray on Jul 26, 2021 15:26:51 GMT
Looks great. I did wonder why you were bricking on your house on FB but this does explain it.
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Post by michael on Jul 26, 2021 15:52:21 GMT
Deeply impressive. I'd quite like to try brick laying.
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Post by Tim on Jul 26, 2021 16:08:06 GMT
Deeply impressive. I'd quite like to try brick laying. You're quite welcome to come to my house and have a go, I've foolishly suggested that we need some proper low walls around a few areas of garden so we can back fill and tidy them up. I don't know what I was thinking! You could have a go at dry stone walling too as that'll also be required. |
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Post by michael on Jul 26, 2021 20:59:18 GMT
I’d actually like to try dry stone walling. I imagine I’d find it quite therapeutic.
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 26, 2021 21:01:17 GMT
Kudos. I've tried bricklaying when I made a BBQ years ago.
I have done a little dry stone walling out of necessity to do emergency repairs to our boundaries, but find it deeply tedious.
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Post by michael on Jul 26, 2021 21:10:58 GMT
I’ve recently finished a raised bed vegetable garden that was made from timber. I enjoyed that, I find it massively satisfying doing projects around the house.
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Post by Blarno on Jul 26, 2021 21:53:10 GMT
I'd also like to give dry stone walling a go.
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Post by PG on Jul 28, 2021 15:23:02 GMT
I've not done dry stone walling but I did do a hedge laying course some years ago.
My few attempts at bricklaying are best described as of the "barely functional and best hid behind soil" variety.
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