Broken wall brick: poor tradesmanship?

rodrialcazar

Hello. Got a Ring floodlight installed today and the traders have broken the brick on which they installed the mount (not saying anything to me afterwards). I understand you can drill outdoor brick without damaging it. Would this prove to be poor tradesmanship from them? Is the cam secure to the wall now? Any advice on how to proceed would be welcomed. Thanks! 

powerful_Rogue

rodrialcazar said:

Hello. Got a Ring floodlight installed today and the traders have broken the brick on which they installed the mount (not saying anything to me afterwards). I understand you can drill outdoor brick without damaging it. Would this prove to be poor tradesmanship from them? Is the cam secure to the wall now? Any advice on how to proceed would be welcomed. Thanks! 

Any pictures?

Aylesbury_Duck

Need a picture, but if it's just a cracked brick and the light appears secure, don't worry about it. It's not necessarily poor workmanship, the brick might have had an inherent flaw that meant it was certain to crack when drilled.

HillStreetBlues

Aylesbury_Duck said:

Need a picture, but if it's just a cracked brick and the light appears secure, don't worry about it. It's not necessarily poor workmanship, the brick might have had an inherent flaw that meant it was certain to crack when drilled.

Maybe the OP can take the brick back

diinozzo

# 'We don't need to no education'...it's just a dodgy brick in the wall' #?

35har1old

rodrialcazar said:

Hello. Got a Ring floodlight installed today and the traders have broken the brick on which they installed the mount (not saying anything to me afterwards). I understand you can drill outdoor brick without damaging it. Would this prove to be poor tradesmanship from them? Is the cam secure to the wall now? Any advice on how to proceed would be welcomed. Thanks! 

How many screws are there holding the floodlight ? If there is only two screws i would assume that they are to either side of the fitting and if that was the case they might have been bitter of drilling the joint. Is this a battery operated floodlight or hard wired?
If it was hard wired did they have to come from inside the building to get a supply.

Aylesbury_Duck

HillStreetBlues said:

Aylesbury_Duck said:

Need a picture, but if it's just a cracked brick and the light appears secure, don't worry about it. It's not necessarily poor workmanship, the brick might have had an inherent flaw that meant it was certain to crack when drilled.

Maybe the OP can take the brick back

I suspect there's mortar this story.

Jonboy_1984

Recently put up four hanging basket brackets on the same garden wall, each with 2 screws.

1 cracked a brick, 1 popped off a lump of spalling brick face, 2 went in without any issues…luck of the draw really.

m0bov

We need the hole story. 

elle_may

diinozzo said:

# 'We don't need to no education'...it's just a dodgy brick in the wall' #?

We must have the same  sense of humour thought that as well. Keep getting on my daughter's nerves as i sing a song when she askes anything. She will miss it when i'm gone. Now theirs a song there..HA!

diinozzo

elle_may said:

diinozzo said:

# 'We don't need to no education'...it's just a dodgy brick in the wall' #?

We must have the same  sense of humour thought that as well. Keep getting on my daughter's nerves as i sing a song when she askes anything. She will miss it when i'm gone. Now theirs a song there..HA!

...I do too....#us and them#! haha!