Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 25, 2009 9:18 am Kevin has said that the bed joint under the family room sliding door sill bricks and under the front door sill bricks is up to 25mm width, which is not correct and need retified. But what is bed joint? I tried to ring Kevin but he is not available, can anyone advise? Thank You Blog - http://clageonewhouse.blogspot.com/ Building Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=10886&hilit=milan I am in, with my husband and my beautiful bunny Re: What is bed joint? 2Mar 25, 2009 9:23 am Bedding joints are the layers of mortar on which bricks are layed. You've probably got some sill bricks (bricks laid at 90 degrees to normal and sloping downwards to allow for rain runoff) these bricks are probably sitting on a bed of mortar greater than 25 mm thick. They've tried to make up for some inaccuracy in placing the windows by slapping extra mortar in - hence Kevin's comment. A very crappy picture off the interwebnet... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: What is bed joint? 3Mar 25, 2009 11:00 am thank you... i never notice that area, properly will go back to the house and look at it again.. Blog - http://clageonewhouse.blogspot.com/ Building Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=10886&hilit=milan I am in, with my husband and my beautiful bunny Re: What is bed joint? 4Mar 25, 2009 6:23 pm if you are having decking outside the sliding door it will be covered. if you are having concrete it will most likely cover it too. I would be more worried if it was a window sill but the door sill is at ground level so nothing to worry about really. Re: What is bed joint? 5Mar 25, 2009 10:18 pm gator13 if you are having decking outside the sliding door it will be covered. if you are having concrete it will most likely cover it too. I would be more worried if it was a window sill but the door sill is at ground level so nothing to worry about really. Except if your independent building inspector is telling you it's outside of tolerance and should be fixed. mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: What is bed joint? 6Mar 26, 2009 8:23 pm if the sill looks fine apart from the biggish bed joint and is going to be covered, why fix it because some clown is looking for things to make his list look longer so he seems important. i dont think the house will fall down. it should have been done properly the first time but if thats all you have to worry about your going ok. Re: What is bed joint? 7Mar 26, 2009 10:45 pm gator13 if the sill looks fine apart from the biggish bed joint and is going to be covered, why fix it because some clown is looking for things to make his list look longer so he seems important. i dont think the house will fall down. it should have been done properly the first time but if thats all you have to worry about your going ok. Firstly...if you actually looked around the forum a bit...you will find that "Kevin" has inspected more houses than you have hot dinners and saved a lot of people a lot of grief because...shock horror...he is thorough...as opposed to many in the building industry. Secondly...just because you can't see something doesn't change the fact that it is out of tolerance. So if your roof trusses where further apart than required you'd accept them because they are "covered"...I think not.... Building engineering standards, codes and tolerances are written for a reason...they are not optional! mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard To my understanding early saw cuts are to control shrinkage cracks, so doing them now would be pointless. Control joints may reduce ugly cracking during periods of soil… 3 9862 Hi all I need a guidance on how far I need to space expansion joints in the concrete driveway and its type (keyway/foam.) Contraction joints are at 3m max for a 125 slab. Thanks 0 10940 Hi, I am planning to select San Selmo reclaimed original for the fascade of my build. I have seen many photos on line of the brick varying from a rustic to a neat finish.… 0 4578 |