Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Aug 29, 2010 3:18 pm Hello. I bought an old weatherboard house with brick skirting around two sides (they do not support the house, just for looks). A pest report recommends increasing the amount of air flow under the house so I have removed three bricks along one side (there is already existing flow entry on the two non-brick sides of the house already). I bought aluminium vents which go into the holes where the bricks were removed. Obviously the vents need to be secured, do I just use a brick cement mix or is there another product around that is more suited to fixing aluminium to brick surfaces? Thanks in advance, Greg. Re: Fixing aluminium vents in brick work 2Aug 29, 2010 9:57 pm Hi greg & welcome to the forum, I had a vent put in the side of my new solid brick house (to save the space for a future cat door ) & the bricky just fixed it in with mortar. Hope that helps. I can get you a pic if you like? Re: Fixing aluminium vents in brick work 3Aug 30, 2010 10:35 am Hi, who do you actually call to have some vents installed (and others replaced) if you are not able to do the work yourself ? Home maintenance person? Brickie? Would they scoff at such a small job? Re: Fixing aluminium vents in brick work 5Aug 30, 2010 12:46 pm I would "glue" the vents on with silastic. Not all the way around, just a few dabs to hold it in place. Later, if you want to replace the vent you can put a blade in a cut the silatic. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 retail its around double the price of a similar sized actron/dakin system from memory, They are excellent systems though. But with how builder gouge on AC/heating, you… 4 13744 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair could be the footing or being hard up against the other wall with no expansion joint or both. You could try again with brick mesh and use some sticky back foam against the… 1 1066 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9551 |