Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Brick/mortar question 14Oct 29, 2007 4:48 pm The single brick wall of our garage has never ever leaked water.. even in torrential rain. Re: Brick/mortar question 15Oct 29, 2007 7:05 pm It looks to me like the plastic that goes under the windows to direct the water outside isn't there... does that seem true in real life?? Re: Brick/mortar question 16Oct 30, 2007 8:36 am parker It looks to me like the plastic that goes under the windows to direct the water outside isn't there... does that seem true in real life?? I was going to ask that question too! This is an image from my site, you can clearly see the black plastic thing under every window... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Sue, is it only the window area that's leaking? I would check other areas as well if possible... Re: Brick/mortar question 17Oct 30, 2007 9:22 am The black plastic is called a flashing (i think) and it is designed to hang straight down from your window behind the brickwork.
If you were to look at it in x-ray just under the window frame you would see bricks, flashing, sisalation (silver paper), studs (wood or metal) and then plaster. It is not designed to keep the water out as such. Does the window have drainage holes? Are they blocked up? <edit> Looked at the pics again...no drainage holes forget that! A tube of silastic is all that is going to fix this up I think. Maybe the rake of the bricks is not steep enough away from the window?? Either it needs to be fixed. Brick/mortar question 18Oct 30, 2007 1:03 pm There is no black plastic.
It is a single brick wall of the garage. The window frames DO have weep holes, but they were draining inside! The glass people came and sealed up these holes and sealed the glass. The Building Supervisor sealed all around the window. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ If you look closely at this photo (it's not a real good one, sorry) you can see that the bricks along the window edge do not have much mortar in them and as you can see, Brick piers were built in front of this. I'm pretty sure that the water coming in around the windows and runs down the window frames to underneath - which is why we noticed it in this area first. After heavy rain we noticed water coming through mortar joins and running down the wall. The Building Supervisor then sprayed the outside of the wall with a waterproofing agent. This HAS helped, but I'm not sure for how long. After noticing the walls leaking I took more notice of the mortar joins and found two that I can see right through! The Supervisor showed up yesterday (7 weeks since he last said he'd get the Brickie to fix it) and said he'll get on to the Brickie. I've asked for those two mortar joins to be redone and for the render under the windows to be re-done as well, as it looks terrible when the water dries. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'll let you know what happens if anything happens at all. Sue Brick/Mortar question 19Nov 06, 2007 9:34 pm Eleven (11) LONG months after bringing it to J* K***'s attention, the brick/mortar work has finally been fixed.
The bricks still get damp in heavy rain, but the water doesn't run down the wall anymore. They've re-rendered under the windows and re-mortared the two joins where I could see daylight. It's not brilliant, but it looks like its the best they can do, so we'll have to accept that I s'pose. (After waiting so long, you get used to looking at the crap work anyway...) ...Now, to get them to fix the gap at the top of the garage door and then sign off on the maintenance and I hope I don't have to deal with them again. Thanks for all advice, opinions and comments. Sue 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 4568 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place - Iām 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 2 8853 |