Browse Forums Building A New House Re: weird joins/gaps in brickwork 6Aug 01, 2008 6:30 pm mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: weird joins/gaps in brickwork 10Aug 01, 2008 9:30 pm Some additional links:
https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=34929#34929 and from https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=79227#79227 to_do_list I just had a look at www.thinkbrick.com.au which are an industry body, and they have a set of guidelines (note guidelines not standards) their publication Manual 10: Construction Guidelines for Clay Masonry suggests two ways of doing joints which are in the figures below. The first is a foam filler, no caulking. The second is caulked with a rod backer to prevent the caulking from being pushed in. From that I gather if they use the first then the "guidelines" don't require caulking. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ But from examples of seen on the forum if they do it the first way it looks cr*p. Sorry maybe not what you wanted to hear. Hopefully, I'm misinterpreting. OT: Walls of Jericho......don't worry about the joints they'll be fine. mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. S o I… 0 36934 Brass fly wire, you will need to cut it, shape it and jam it into brick slots 1 7450 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place - I’m new to the property/building journey (trying to buy my first home) so not sure where/who to go with these sorts of… 0 19134 |