Do I need a Structural Engineer ?

[Mano]

Hello everyone - hope I'm in the right place......I'd be really grateful for any advice offered!

 

While moving my garden gate unfortunately the contractor screwed the 3 nails of the gate post all the way through the neighbours garage wall.So it has damaged 3 bricks of the garage wall . The neighbour is demanding for a Structural engineer advice before replacing the bricks . My intention was to fix the damaged bricks but he is insisting on a structural engineer visit .

 

Can anybody say do i need really need one ?

[Russell griffiths]

Don’t be bloody ridiculous 

[Faz]

No - your neighbor is a nutter! There are no structural implications of flaked bricks from a screw. Better to drill and plug in future though.

[Roundtuit]

Wall is fine.  I'd get the contractor back to fit the fence on the left level with the gate and trim the top off the post though ?

[joe90]

18 minutes ago, Faz said:

No - your neighbor is a nutter!

+1, offer to replace the bricks/mend and nothing else. Tell him he can sue you if he declines.

[Marvin]

23 minutes ago, joe90 said:

+1, offer to replace the bricks/mend and nothing else. Tell him he can sue you if he declines.

Sue the owner or the contractor.

[joe90]

8 hours ago, Marvin said:

Sue the owner or the contractor.

Let him decide.

[Gone West]

You've got a fence panel, a gate and three posts all at different heights, so I wouldn't use that chap again, even without the damage he caused. The neighbour is trying it on.

[joe90]

12 hours ago, Mano said:

So it has damaged 3 bricks of the garage wall .

since when does screws or nails “damage” bricks, being pedantic was it nails or screws? Your neighbour is a tosser. Yes you/contractor should have consulted them on fixing to the wall!.

[Dave Jones]

when you say all the way through, that wall should be 300mm cavity ? Mighty long screws!

 

If you mean the outer face brick then they are not structural, the roof sits on the inside skin. So even if he had knocked down all of it the roof would still be fine.

 

Did you tell the contractor where to put the gate?