Our builder appears to have missed quite a few expansion joints out of brickwork, as we are building on highly reactive soil we assumed that these joints would be pretty important...
From what we can tell they have missed 10 out of the 21 joints shown on our plans.... those figures are being kind - the majority of the other 11 joints coincide with full height windows/doors with infills above them.
Now, it looks like they have attempted to add one of these joints (bed 4) by sawing a cut through the bricks - is this acceptable?? We would of thought at the minimum they would need to pull the bricks down and re-do the work.
We're also pretty concerned about what looks like poor quality brick work around the sills and infills below windows and doors, gaps in mortar, bricks not sealed with mortar, etc.
We've added several pictures to our blog showing the missed joint locations, the saw cut and the brickwork....
Any opinions or advice appreciated...