Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Bad Brickwork opinions please? PHOTO'S 8Dec 21, 2014 1:01 am Thanks Stewie for your help with the photos. Re: Bad Brickwork opinions please? PHOTO'S 9Dec 21, 2014 11:20 am Although there are tolerances for width of perpend joints and bed joints. They are normally applied in the context of them all being uniform. That is to say if one bed joint was 15mm then it woul require them all to be 15mm. Where you have an example such as yours this would not comply. The first course looks like it is sitting on the footing. That is why you have a double thickness bed joint on the second course. This is non Compliant and you should make a complaint to your builder with your concerns. [Edit: Advertising links removed by moderator] Re: Bad Brickwork opinions please? PHOTO'S 10Dec 21, 2014 11:47 am Thanks for your advice we will be doing exactly that. It didn't look right to us but good to have a professional opinion Re: Bad Brickwork opinions please? PHOTO'S 11Dec 21, 2014 12:00 pm Building inspector, can they take those bricks out and replace them or will they walls that are affected need to be re done? Re: Bad Brickwork opinions please? PHOTO'S 12Dec 21, 2014 12:17 pm Busso girl Building inspector, can they take those bricks out and replace them or will they walls that are affected need to be re done? With the bed joint issue you can remove three or four bricks at a time and re-lay. The level they are at would be -1 course from your slab which is your paving/landscaping level so it will mostly be concealed. The main concern is the lack of bond between the footing and the brickwork. As the load is a compressive load an engineer may sign off to say it is okay but I would doubt it. As for the perpend joints I would say the bricks to the affected areas should be able to be replaced. From what I can see it does not look like whole panels would have to come down but what you have provided is a snapshot of the issue and it can't be assessed comprehensively without seeing it. I would however suggest this be done sooner rather than later as it will be harder to blend the mortar if it is left for months [Edit: Advertising links removed by moderator] Re: Bad Brickwork opinions please? PHOTO'S 13Dec 21, 2014 1:39 pm That all makes sense. Thanks heaps for your help. I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 17259 I wanted to get some thoughts on the quality of workmanship on the following brickwork? are there specific clauses in Australian Standards which relate… 0 4864 |