Unfortunately fellas, that's going to fail as well. You need to take the front and back skins off and put in a steel with a plate welded on the bottom ,and potentially a new timber wall plate on the internal wall. Not your fault as the job looks good, but it is a design issue with the narrow brick column. You need to spread the load from the ends right across the total opening. Its not just supporting the brickworks 4 courses, its supporting the roof loading as well. If we ever get a heavy snowfall the roof will spread outwards and distort the brickwork skins. Alternatively, re configure the window sizes if possible and build a 3 brick wide pillar with 2 heavy duty Catnic or IG lintels to transmit the load over 2 spans. [Structural Engineer]
I’m a bit shocked that you say you’re structural engineer and then say the roof load is being directed down onto the external face skin . I’m guessing you didn’t watch the whole video because if you did you would have seen that the roof doesn’t anywhere near the brickwork . We even removed a full course of brick to reduce the weight on the angle irons . There could be a 100 year blizzard and the bricks will never be touched ( as is the case for most modern built h it houses. You SE’s love your massive steels with plates welded on which is a massive cold bridge and you don’t have to lift them in. What you are saying is the whole estate should be condemned and re built . Fell free to tell them all 👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Why is it these days, the modern houses that are being built and then consequently have to be repaired, dramatically failing in some cases . Is it to do with local councils not overseeing that the plans as per regulations that they are drawn correctly and stress tests have been correctly calculated? And/ or the builds themselves are to regulations and standards. Which, brings in the next question, why didn't the regulatory building inspector of said council area not pick up on anything untoward. After all, is it not his/ her remit to follow every new build. After all, it's is their job, nay duty, that all buildings adhere to building regs and standards, along with the health and safety of prospective occupants.
4 courses of brick is all that the lintels support. The half-brick pier is less than ideal, but the stress (about 25 psi) applied from the lintels is well under the allowable compressive stress for brick when the fact of the lateral bracing of the adjacent windows (and caulk) are considered. Of couse, when the windows are replaced that brick pier will be dangerous because it will come apart during window removal. This repair performed is reasonable, given the initial conditions. [ A structural engineer who deals with the less-than-ideal real world]
Beautiful job.Thanks for the tip about making mortar stick to an upturned trowel. I think subconsciously I have been doing that for years but to have it demonstrated is all good!
Another night job looks brilliant. Should imagine the customer is very pleased my son works with me as well. I think we’re very lucky. Me and my son love your channel. He reminds us of us thanks
Is it sad that I sit and watch these videos regardless how long they are? Another great video, and superb workmanship! You two can date my sister anytime.
How those bricks didn’t come adrift is a miracle as you both said, four Lintel none doing anything. I was mesmerised watching you both go about sorting that out. The finial finish showed it was achieved by Professionals. 👍👍👏👏
Considering the mess to start with that was an excellent rebuild. I was particularly impress the way you finished of the final course and even more so fitting that final brick, that only comes with expertise and experience.👍😏
Excellent work, thats how it should have been done in the first place. Im surprised they even bothered to put any lintels in. Have come across so many upvc windows that have been bricked directly onto and have bowed as a result.
Excellent, I quite enjoyed it, still learning new things at my old age of 64, not that I'm going to attempt any similar project 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Liked & subscribed
Master tradesmen at work. Absolutely sound job. Great video Just one thing, although it has no reflection on the superb job you've done, but with my OCD, I'd have had to cleaned that white guttering whilst I was up there.
Ditto ! What other bodge jobs are hidden in that pile ? Customers have no idea what they're paying for. All builders/trades should be certified, licensed, and checked periodically and at random - just like MOT stations. And when this type of rubbish is found, it has to be traceable to the culprit, so they can lose their license and pay for the repairs.
Smart repair given the build design. I am sure you despair when you dive into many modern houses. Not sure any real inspection goes on now that Councils have been relieved of that job in many ways.
Modern houses are worse . Half the new builds on our estate are 5 years old and not been signed off by building control. People only find out when they try and sell 😡🧱👍🏽
My first time watching your channel. It looks good. You can tell your son is still learning but he will get there. You should have left the alarm outside though, in case they still use it or want to disconnect it properly. What if it goes off and they can't stop it! I just hope they never want to get to it. You did miss out on a row though. I hope no critters can get behind it like that! But it does look pretty good now. A lot better than it was before. I like the way you explain everything. I might watch your show again cheers.
Great video as always. Do you think that these houses were constucted on the cheap by the Bodgit and Scarper construction company.? Look forward to the next one.
Adding hydrated lime to a mortar mix can help to improve the performance of the mortar, giving a cement sand mix some of the properties of lime based mortars. A quick Google search will list some of the benefits. You also don't need to add a plasticiser if adding lime too.
Exactly same as my house, ground floor as well😢. Every house on estate which hasn't had a front extension has brickwork like robin hoods bow. All built with old fashioned wood windows so lintols sat on sturdy wood stantions which acted as supports, but as plastic fitted the bows appeared
You guys should get an arbortech saw to get those bricks out easier/quicker. And good video! Love the content. Given that half brick column, I would have done one custom made lintel spanning ALL and sitting on that column. I fear this current upgrade will also fail and have cracks … but time will tell
Am glad you slowed down for that last brick cos i was dying to know how you would get it in.. Would it be possible to pop out a couple of roof tiles and drop it in from above?
Hard to believe but I’ve seen worse, builder didn’t paint the angle iron and it cracked the brickwork completely around the bungalow, people selling the property just repointed the cracks, think eventually they had to do what you did and replace every angle iron above every window, watching you fix this makes me want to get the trowel out but then as soon as I stand my back tells me why I’m retired now, great bit of work guys,👍
Great video. How did you level up the lintel on the larger window as it was leaning in when you put it in initially. I did a similar job last friday. Had a 2400mm lintel with a massive upstand and it kept falling inwards so i packed some 3x2 timber noggings behind the upstand to level it up best i could. Im not a bricky and just wondered how you professionals do it. That was the most important part of the video for me and it was bypassed unfortunately. Have liked and subscribed. Top job fellas
Thanks for watching and subscribing Jim. we usually use 4 inch nails into the timber lintel so they brace the angle iron and stop it rolling back 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Given, what you were up against, I think you did what came naturally to you. really good job ! No matter what the job costs, as the old saying goes,........ Do it once..! Do it right..! I thought the music was just right for the video too.
Considering what a dog turd you were faced with, you both did a cracking looking job on this. Looks so much better. Probably the soundest house on the street now. Interesting to see what awful building practices were considered the norm back in the 60's and 70's with those skinny half brick pillars and manky old rusty angle iron lintels. Not everything about modern building regs are silly.
The front skin is what it is, a skin, a cosmetic facia. As the window usually go in last, am I correct in thinking that a one piece lintel should have been built in first?
1960s houses very often used bad practice and did not put a lintel support to the non loading outer leaf to eaves openings but supported 3 courses of brickwork off the timber windows. This is found out when replacing the timber windows with upvc
Years ago, in Carlisle, an whole estate was built where the house had a large picture window and looked spectacular. It was only when settlement occurred that these windows began to explode, unexpectedly. It was found that the lintels that were supposed to provide support fr the windows were made of a sub-standard concrete. This was the beginning of the end for higher lumina cement. Everyone enjoyed the view of an acro-jack in their front rooms. Want to guess at the name of the builders? They've sort of disappeared... If you know where Barrets went, let me know..
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Unfortunately fellas, that's going to fail as well. You need to take the front and back skins off and put in a steel with a plate welded on the bottom ,and potentially a new timber wall plate on the internal wall. Not your fault as the job looks good, but it is a design issue with the narrow brick column. You need to spread the load from the ends right across the total opening. Its not just supporting the brickworks 4 courses, its supporting the roof loading as well. If we ever get a heavy snowfall the roof will spread outwards and distort the brickwork skins. Alternatively, re configure the window sizes if possible and build a 3 brick wide pillar with 2 heavy duty Catnic or IG lintels to transmit the load over 2 spans. [Structural Engineer]
I’m a bit shocked that you say you’re structural engineer and then say the roof load is being directed down onto the external face skin .
I’m guessing you didn’t watch the whole video because if you did you would have seen that the roof doesn’t anywhere near the brickwork .
We even removed a full course of brick to reduce the weight on the angle irons . There could be a 100 year blizzard and the bricks will never be touched ( as is the case for most modern built h it houses.
You SE’s love your massive steels with plates welded on which is a massive cold bridge and you don’t have to lift them in.
What you are saying is the whole estate should be condemned and re built .
Fell free to tell them all 👍🏽
It should never have been drawn let alone passed and built 🤦🏻🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Why is it these days, the modern houses that are being built and then consequently have to be repaired, dramatically failing in some cases . Is it to do with local councils not overseeing that the plans as per regulations that they are drawn correctly and stress tests have been correctly calculated? And/ or the builds themselves are to regulations and standards. Which, brings in the next question, why didn't the regulatory building inspector of said council area not pick up on anything untoward. After all, is it not his/ her remit to follow every new build. After all, it's is their job, nay duty, that all buildings adhere to building regs and standards, along with the health and safety of prospective occupants.
4 courses of brick is all that the lintels support. The half-brick pier is less than ideal, but the stress (about 25 psi) applied from the lintels is well under the allowable compressive stress for brick when the fact of the lateral bracing of the adjacent windows (and caulk) are considered. Of couse, when the windows are replaced that brick pier will be dangerous because it will come apart during window removal. This repair performed is reasonable, given the initial conditions. [ A structural engineer who deals with the less-than-ideal real world]
Thanks for the common sense response.
There are dozens of similar houses on the estate still standing since the 60 s 🧱👍🏽
Ahhh! I wondered how you'd get that last brick in. Well done again guys.
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good job maybe,
But look at all the mortar on the windows and ledges, I’d be pissed off 😢
I would ensure there masked off
@tomhton9519 it wasn’t there at the end
@@SteveAndAlexBuildObviously he did not watch till the end....!
Beautiful job.Thanks for the tip about making mortar stick to an upturned trowel. I think subconsciously I have been doing that for years but to have it demonstrated is all good!
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I had the pleasure of meeting Steve and Alex at ScrewFix live. It was a brief conversation but a very friendly couple of blokes.👍🏻
Thanks for stopping for a chat it’s always nice to meet viewers of the channel
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You pair done a cracking job, I was waiting like everyone else to see how you got that last brick in
Cheers pal 😌😉🧱👍🏽
Great job guys. It's good to see real tradies do their thing. Properly.
Cheers Gary 🙌🏾🧱👍🏽
Another night job looks brilliant. Should imagine the customer is very pleased my son works with me as well. I think we’re very lucky. Me and my son love your channel. He reminds us of us thanks
Nice one that’s great to hear 🧱👍🏽😍
Is it sad that I sit and watch these videos regardless how long they are? Another great video, and superb workmanship! You two can date my sister anytime.
Not sad, very much appreciated 🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱👍🏽
Ahhh that last brick! Pure skill and experience. Andrew
Cheers Buddy 🧱👍🏽😁
Finally got to see it chaps. Another smart job there sorting the bodge it and dodge it lintel installation. Thanks
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You reminded me of a couple of dentists fixing a lot of bad teeth but using bricks......that last brick made the smile complete! LOL
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I love watching you lads. Good tradesmen and nice blokes
Thanks very much Peter 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
Always learning from you two! I do thank you for that! God bless y'all from Utah,USA!
No probs
Thank you 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
A proper job👏👏👏👏👏💕🇬🇧
@maudwelford1843 🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱👍🏽
Watched your clips before. Now subscribed.
Very satisfying to see work done properly.
Nice one thanks 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
Very interesting video again by you guys and a couple of good trowelling tips. Thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next one.
Thanks pal. 🧱👍🏽
Absolutely love how you lads work, you take care and have pride in your work. Superb lads
Cheers 🧱👍🏽
Bloody marvellous chaps, cant wait for the next one!
Cheers Steve 🧱🧱👍🏽
How those bricks didn’t come adrift is a miracle as you both said, four Lintel none doing anything. I was mesmerised watching you both go about sorting that out. The finial finish showed it was achieved by Professionals. 👍👍👏👏
Thanks Stewart .
Just silicone Holding those in. 😩👍🏽🧱
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Changed Should to Show 🤣
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Scaffolders will thank you for leaving it that Tidy nice work
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I'm thinking of building a house and seeing this kind of work helps so much!
Glad it helps
Good luck 🧱👍🏽
Nice, neat job and all the little tips that us tradesmen have to pass on. Like day and night from the original bodge.😊
Cheers 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Considering the mess to start with that was an excellent rebuild. I was particularly impress the way you finished of the final course and even more so fitting that final brick, that only comes with expertise and experience.👍😏
Thanks Bruce much appreciated 😍👍🏽🧱
Amazing job and video work. Your editing skills are wonderful.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks very much ! 🧱👍🏽🙌🏾
Excellent work, thats how it should have been done in the first place.
Im surprised they even bothered to put any lintels in. Have come across so many upvc windows that have been bricked directly onto and have bowed as a result.
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A great video and a great job. Really informative. Thank you.
Cheers 🧱👍🏽
Good job, well done, under the circumstances.
But isn't the siren/hooter still in/behind the wall, where you put it after taking it off?
The box and alarm were dead but I didn’t want to cut any wires just in case .
The ignorant students don’t answer the door for anything 🙄🧱👍🏽
Great job Gents, love the channel.
Thanks very much 🧱👍🏽😁
Excellent, I quite enjoyed it, still learning new things at my old age of 64, not that I'm going to attempt any similar project 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Liked & subscribed
Thanks very much , welcome to the channel 😁🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
That last brick at 40 mins in was magic!
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Bad workmen? i would not have them anywhere near ever again that is shocking glad you two are there to put it right ,thanks for the video
Cheers Eddie 🧱👍🏽
In like magic! Can You both tell which bits of brickwork you havd done? Or once its in they just blend?
Blends in most of the time 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Nice done sir..... very well done.
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Master tradesmen at work.
Absolutely sound job.
Great video
Just one thing, although it has no reflection on the superb job you've done, but with my OCD, I'd have had to cleaned that white guttering whilst I was up there.
Thanks , nope our day was long enough thanks.
We clean what we make dirty only 🧱👍🏽
Excellent work Guys, this is where experience counts!
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Great job lads, loved watching the skill of dropping that last brick in, 👍.
Regards Russ......🙏
Cheers Russ 🧱👍🏽
Great job Steve and Alex I was wondering how you wud put last brick into place professional as always 👍👍
Cheers Dave . Giving away our trade secrets 🤫😉🧱👍🏽
I did wonder how you,d get the last brick in. Nice job!
Not easy but it does the job 😉🧱👍🏽
Probably a good idea to cover the windows with cupboard to protect them from all the falling debris 😀
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Another great looking job. Wish you were down here.
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Still amazes me the amount of cowboys there are out there! Always done Wright with you 2! Well done lads
Cheers Pal 🧱👍🏽
Ditto ! What other bodge jobs are hidden in that pile ? Customers have no idea what they're paying for. All builders/trades should be certified, licensed, and checked periodically and at random - just like MOT stations. And when this type of rubbish is found, it has to be traceable to the culprit, so they can lose their license and pay for the repairs.
@terryross1754 🧱👍🏽
Artists at work...awesome.
Cheers 🧱👍🏽
Great one guys, likes flying in at the end
Cheers Mike 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽
Fantastic job Steve and Alex
Thanks Robert 👍🏽🧱
Well done guys, nice job.😊
Cheers Gordon 🧱👍🏽
Fine work Steve and Alex 😊
Cheers mark 🧱🧱👌🏼
Smart repair given the build design. I am sure you despair when you dive into many modern houses. Not sure any real inspection goes on now that Councils have been relieved of that job in many ways.
Modern houses are worse .
Half the new builds on our estate are 5 years old and not been signed off by building control.
People only find out when they try and sell 😡🧱👍🏽
Wonderful job!
Cheers Nigel 🧱👍🏽
My first time watching your channel. It looks good. You can tell your son is still learning but he will get there. You should have left the alarm outside though, in case they still use it or want to disconnect it properly. What if it goes off and they can't stop it! I just hope they never want to get to it. You did miss out on a row though. I hope no critters can get behind it like that! But it does look pretty good now. A lot better than it was before. I like the way you explain everything. I might watch your show again cheers.
Thanks very much .
The alarm was dead but I never cut alarm cables 😬🧱👍🏽
nice to see a tradesman. whp knows wot hes doing. neat tidy and well exsplaned.
Cheers Martin. 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽
Cracking job lads well done
Cheers 🧱👍🏽
Great video as always. Do you think that these houses were constucted on the cheap by the Bodgit and Scarper construction company.? Look forward to the next one.
The whole estate is ropey 😬🧱👍🏽
Great jobs guys…quick question…why did you add lime to the mix?, curiosity from a ‘non bricklayer’ and, what mix ratio was it?
The house is lime mortar .
6 . 1 . 1 🧱👍🏽
Adding hydrated lime to a mortar mix can help to improve the performance of the mortar, giving a cement sand mix some of the properties of lime based mortars.
A quick Google search will list some of the benefits.
You also don't need to add a plasticiser if adding lime too.
@jasonshulme 🤙🏾🤙🏾🧱👍🏽
What a crafts man. Top job👍👍
Ta Gary 🧱👍🏽
Well done! Congratulations! from an interested viewer in Belgium!
Thanks very much and welcome to our channel 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽
Just caught this. Great video and a great job.
Thanks 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
Well what can I say lads awesome video thanks for your time and consideration top job top team 🇬🇧🌞😊
Nice one thanks Phil 🧱👍🏽
Exactly same as my house, ground floor as well😢. Every house on estate which hasn't had a front extension has brickwork like robin hoods bow. All built with old fashioned wood windows so lintols sat on sturdy wood stantions which acted as supports, but as plastic fitted the bows appeared
Very common practice in 60 , 70 and a bit of the eighties . Keeping us very busy.
We have dozens of lintel vids 🧱👍🏽
You guys should get an arbortech saw to get those bricks out easier/quicker. And good video! Love the content. Given that half brick column, I would have done one custom made lintel spanning ALL and sitting on that column. I fear this current upgrade will also fail and have cracks … but time will tell
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Am glad you slowed down for that last brick cos i was dying to know how you would get it in..
Would it be possible to pop out a couple of roof tiles and drop it in from above?
Absolutely not 🧱👍🏽
It’s so nice when you hear a person speaking English as a second language
That’s reet narse
That last brick was sheer artistry
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Hard to believe but I’ve seen worse, builder didn’t paint the angle iron and it cracked the brickwork completely around the bungalow, people selling the property just repointed the cracks, think eventually they had to do what you did and replace every angle iron above every window, watching you fix this makes me want to get the trowel out but then as soon as I stand my back tells me why I’m retired now, great bit of work guys,👍
We’ve done dozens of blown lintels too most on the same estate as this house 🏚️🫣🧱👍🏽
Have a coffee on me, lads. Thanks for these, I really enjoy watching your stuff. 👌 👏
Thanks a million Phil that’s very kind 🙏🏽🙏🏽😍🧱👍🏽
Nice job done again...
Ta Anthony 🧱👍🏽
great video where have you been cleaning up too brilliant
Cheers 🧱👍🏽
Another tricky little problem sorted by the experts, ATB
Ta John 🧱👍🏽
Great job 👏🏻
Cheers Nigel 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽
Nice job fellas 👍👍👍👍
Thanks 🧱👍🏽
I’m a first time viewer; very impressed with your teamwork 🥇 1st class 👍🏼👏👏
Thanks very much and welcome 😁👍🏽🧱
Just seen you do it ,bloody brilliant idea
Cheers Joe 😉🧱👍🏽
great work!
Cheers 🙌🏽🧱
Great video. How did you level up the lintel on the larger window as it was leaning in when you put it in initially.
I did a similar job last friday. Had a 2400mm lintel with a massive upstand and it kept falling inwards so i packed some 3x2 timber noggings behind the upstand to level it up best i could. Im not a bricky and just wondered how you professionals do it. That was the most important part of the video for me and it was bypassed unfortunately.
Have liked and subscribed. Top job fellas
Thanks for watching and subscribing Jim. we usually use 4 inch nails into the timber lintel so they brace the angle iron and stop it rolling back 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks mate. Helpful tip. Same concept but using nails rather than the timber packing i used.
@jimboBFC1 🤙🏾🧱👍🏽
good job best job with bad pillar at least solid and you taught you son well
Thanks Liam 🧱👍🏽
Always honest and top work
Cheers Kevin 🧱👍🏽
Alex, what mortar mix did you have for this job please ?
6 building sand
1 cement
1 lime 🧱👍🏽
real tradesmen,great job.
Cheers Paul 🧱👍🏽
True craftsman!
Thanks Ray 🧱👍🏽
The last brick was art.
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Made a bodge job, a good job. Nice and tidy 👌
Cheers Jamie 🧱👍🏽
Lifting this long lintel without a young lad was a bit silly. Awesome job bdw.
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Given, what you were up against, I think you did what came naturally to you. really good job ! No matter what the job costs, as the old saying goes,........ Do it once..! Do it right..! I thought the music was just right for the video too.
Thanks very much 🧱👍🏽
what happened to the intruder alarm box?? is it still inside the wall? but proper job guys, gd to see people who take time to do the job right
Yeah . It’s dead but I wasn’t going to risk cutting the wire just in case 🫣🧱👍🏽
Considering what a dog turd you were faced with, you both did a cracking looking job on this. Looks so much better. Probably the soundest house on the street now. Interesting to see what awful building practices were considered the norm back in the 60's and 70's with those skinny half brick pillars and manky old rusty angle iron lintels. Not everything about modern building regs are silly.
Cheers Danny , very true 🧱👍🏽🫣
Top quality 👌
Cheers 🧱👍🏽
so it was basically just a loose "shell" not even that.. mate... u did a fine job there. well done boys.
Thanks pal 👍🏽🧱
Nice job. What's Steve adjusting at 37:35, and what's the little clunk? I can't work it out.
No clue 🤣🧱👍🏽
Very tidy job nicely done lads.
Thanks 👍🧱
40:47 - Nice! Just as well there are so many cowboys out there or you professionals wouldn't have anything to do!
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Turning a sow's ear into a silk purse 👌
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This happened to me and my neighbour ! Had to have the same work done ! But on 2 smaller windows ???
Very common 🧱👍🏽
The front skin is what it is, a skin, a cosmetic facia.
As the window usually go in last, am I correct in thinking that a one piece lintel should have been built in first?
The internal lintel is full width and does all the work 💪🏼🧱👍🏽
Proper job!
Cheers Frank 🧱👍🏽
Dam Steve ur too good I was gonna ask how u get the last brick in the top but u got ther b4 I typed 😮 lol
Cheers Phil 🤣😉🧱👍🏽
😅 Old Army trick getting that last brick in 👍👍👌
Cheers Andy 😉. Hope the road trip is going well 🧱👍🏽
1960s houses very often used bad practice and did not put a lintel support to the non loading outer leaf to eaves openings but supported 3 courses of brickwork off the timber windows. This is found out when replacing the timber windows with upvc
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Getting the very last brick on top course is going to be a swine , been there done that
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Thats how to make a silk purse out of a pigs ear gentlemen, well done 👍
Cheers Ray 🧱🧱👍🏽
What happened to the alarm you put behind the faceer board.grate video again boys
Its fossilised now 😆🧱👍🏽
Years ago, in Carlisle, an whole estate was built where the house had a large picture window and looked spectacular.
It was only when settlement occurred that these windows began to explode, unexpectedly.
It was found that the lintels that were supposed to provide support fr the windows were made of a sub-standard concrete.
This was the beginning of the end for higher lumina cement. Everyone enjoyed the view of an acro-jack in their front rooms.
Want to guess at the name of the builders? They've sort of disappeared...
If you know where Barrets went, let me know..
Still going 😬🧱👍🏽
Great job guys, ah so your the bugger who manages to get the bricks in the bottles , you clever sod...!
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