Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 31, 2008 9:31 pm okay so I am assuming this is normal and I just dont know what it is...
one of the side walls (of our rumpus room) is about 4500mm long. They are doing the brickwork at the moment, and instead of a normal wall like I was imagining it would be, its like 2 walls next to each other? Does that make sense? Its like they bricked up to a certain point, then left a bit of a gap and started again, and it goes the entire vertical length of the wall? I will try to get a photo up.. Building in manor lakes 2008 Re: weird joins/gaps in brickwork 3Jul 31, 2008 9:49 pm You mean like this one?
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Yep, normal. What Toast said, except that they should be able to match up the colour of the sealant. It will be applied much closer to handover. Geoff - Decophile. Re: weird joins/gaps in brickwork 5Aug 01, 2008 7:49 am It's normal. Expansion joints are required if you are building on anything other than A and S-class soils. The joints must have a compressible material inside them and close to settlement the joints will be sealed with a mastic that is the same colour as your mortar.
According to the building code, articulation joints must be provided: (i) in straight, continuous walls having no openings, at not more than 6 m centres and not closer than the height of the wall away from corners; and (ii) where the height of the wall changes by more than 20%, at the position of change in height; and (iii) where openings more than 900×900 mm occur, at not more than 5 m centres, and positioned in line with one edge of the opening; and (iv) where walls change in thickness; and (v) at control or construction joints in footing slabs; and (vi) at junctions of walls constructed of different masonry materials; and (vii) at deep chases (rebates) for service pipes. 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 8Aug 01, 2008 7:57 pm jamiet close to settlement the joints will be sealed with a mastic that is the same colour as your mortar. Normally yes, but not always. At least some builders are allowed to omit the mastic sealant provided, a) they fill the joint with compressible foam, they use sisalation around the timber frame and they have a specific type of damp course as standard in all their homes. In some cases that is deemed to be sufficient, despite what the Building Code says. Depends on the State you live in to some degree. Without the mastic they look really ugly (and that foam is not UV stabilised and will break down). Err on the side of caution and ask if your builder does use a mastic sealant. 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 36940 Brass fly wire, you will need to cut it, shape it and jam it into brick slots 1 7485 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 19160 |