Hi All,
I have a bit of a mystery to solve and wonder if anyone has seen this before. My property has an extension that mirrors the original property in design, however is made with a cavity brick construction (approx 1910) on the left side of the column, which is connected to a solid brick wall construction on the right side from the mid 1800s. From what I can tell, the join for these two different construction types is hidden by a column that is pinned in place and is floating? The foundation for the join goes into my basement kitchen and doesn’t lookout of place. Outside this column appears to hover off the ground. Which as you can see in the attached picture is weird? I have dug out 3-4 brick course down and put some concrete in place to link this outer column to the ground. The missing brick in this picture was knocked off by accident by the lawn mower. The missing course underneath this has always looked like this and as far as I know been there since it was constructed. Before I add the missing course, has anyone seen this before or can explain why the wall was built like this?
thanks