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How best to remove blown bricks on garden wall...
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Mortar for brickwork should normally be softer than the surrounding bricks - This allows you to rake out the joints at a later date and repoint. In addition, should there be any movement/settlement of the wall, it is the mortar joints that will give way rather than the bricks cracking.
On my house, the mortar can be raked out with a screwdriver - External walls have a very soft facing brick held together with lime mortar.
Tip - When you come to put the bricks back, mix up a weak mortar with say six parts sharp sand to one part cement with a tiny drop of washing up liquid added.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
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Mortar for brickwork should normally be softer than the surrounding bricks - This allows you to rake out the joints at a later date and repoint. In addition, should there be any movement/settlement of the wall, it is the mortar joints that will give way rather than the bricks cracking.
On my house, the mortar can be raked out with a screwdriver - External walls have a very soft facing brick held together with lime mortar.
Tip - When you come to put the bricks back, mix up a weak mortar with say six parts sharp sand to one part cement with a tiny drop of washing up liquid added.
Thank you once again FreeBear for all your comments / Tip...
I think that when they built our bungalow in 1963 they used a very strong mix because the mortar is very hard indeed, and no way could you remove with a screwdriver, but our previous dwelling you could, as it was much like you describe.
Maybe it was built on a Monday and not fully awake.
Kind regards
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Mortar for brickwork should normally be softer than the surrounding bricks - This allows you to rake out the joints at a later date and repoint. In addition, should there be any movement/settlement of the wall, it is the mortar joints that will give way rather than the bricks cracking.
On my house, the mortar can be raked out with a screwdriver - External walls have a very soft facing brick held together with lime mortar.
Tip - When you come to put the bricks back, mix up a weak mortar with say six parts [STRIKE]sharp [/STRIKE]sand to one part cement with a tiny drop of washing up liquid added.
It more likely to be building sand.0
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