Quick Brick Wall Repair?

Frank99

What is the best way to repair this for a none brick layer?
I was thinking of using a chisel to bash off the mortar and mix up new cement and fix the two bricks back on.
The wife thinks gorilla glue or some kind of caulk that is less time consuming and does not require removing the mortar just to bond it back on in case i crack on the bricks.

Any Ideas?

ThisIsWeird

Yes and yes

The proper way is, of course, to chisel off the existing mortar, and then redo it with fresh. Quite a bit of hassle - and materials and tools - if it's only these couple of bricks, tho'.

The other is as your wife says. It's a bit 'mickey mouse', but what's wrong with that? You'd need to clean up the surfaces, and then use a gap-filling adhesive such as Gorilla - the polyurethane type. Put weights on the bricks to prevent them moving during expansion.

Then fill any remaining gaps using a resin-type 'mortar' such as: https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-mortar-repair-grey-310ml/361jp

Other colours are available.

CliveOfIndia

I'd be going for your suggestion rather than your wife's.  You're unlikely to break the bricks by removing the existing mortar as long as you don't go in too heavy-handed.  For a small job like that just get a small bag of ready-mix mortar - it's more expensive than mixing it yourself, but for the amount you'll need it saves wasting a whole bag of cement and sand.

Obviously it'll be a different colour to the existing mortar, but give it a year or so and it'll weather in enough that you barely notice.

ThisIsWeird

He's right, as usual :-(
But, this is purely decorative? 
I have to admit to reaching for the Stixall for such things when I simply cannot be bottomed to mix up a mugfull

twopenny

I've tried to re cement blocks in paving. 3 survived, one didn't.
Now I have cement, i don't have glue. So I'll be going for doing a proper job as my time isn't worth the price of the glue 
But for you and only a decorative feature I'd go for glue - and see what happens.
At least it's harmony at home   

stuart45

Any construction adhesive should work.

FreeBear

You also have a crack in the horizontal mortar joint one brick up from the block paving - As soon as you start chiselling off mortar from the bricks above, you'll find a couple more will come loose.