Blocks on IG Lintels

[LSB]

Hello you lovely peeps.

 

Just a quick question.

 

We are installing lintels and the inside is going well.

But the blocks on the outside won't stay in situ.

 

We've cut the DPC back slightly, but it seems to slope outside.

 

FYI, this is block / block with 150 cavity and 150 thermally broken lintels from IG.

 

 

 

 

 

We've got the others in by grinding a tiny amount off the block so it tips inwards, but that's quite time consuming.

Any suggestions / options on a quicker method.

 

 

Thanks

 

[Dave Jones]

havent you got a brickie on site ?

 

needs a prop in middle until the muck goes off.

[Dave Jones]

allways sad to see time money and effort into wooden window formers when you could have used built it formers which you will have to put in anyway.

[Russell griffiths]

Timber prop across the gap, spread some muck on it, pull the prop out when you have built another course on. 

[Dave Jones]

the weepers dont look to be the correct ones  either, too short for the render.

[LSB]

3 hours ago, Dave Jones said:

the weepers dont look to be the correct ones  either, too short for the render.

 

 

 

 

[LSB]

3 hours ago, Dave Jones said:

havent you got a brickie on site ?

 

needs a prop in middle until the muck goes off.

brickie is hubby

[LSB]

Just now, LSB said:

brickie is hubby

there was a prop when the inside was done.

not sure why it's wasn't there in these pics

 

[LSB]

3 hours ago, Dave Jones said:

the weepers dont look to be the correct ones  either, too short for the render.

it's cladding not render

 

[LSB]

3 hours ago, Dave Jones said:

allways sad to see time money and effort into wooden window formers when you could have used built it formers which you will have to put in anyway.

hubby made them when it rained for 3 months, kept him busy and dry and is pretty harmless in the bigger picture.

 

[LSB]

so @Dave Jones

 

lots of criticism but no help on the issue i was asking about.

 

[ETC]

Concrete lintels?

[LSB]

14 minutes ago, ETC said:

Concrete lintels?

no steel thermally broken ones

 

[scottishjohn]

mortar too soft?

 dpc too slippy

do you really need a dpc there is lintels are galvanised?

 you would not use one with concrete lintel

Edited July 30, 2024 by scottishjohn

[Canski]

cut a horizontal 4 x 1  timber 10 mm short of the opening width and prop it off the cill taking care not to push the lintel up. Then lay the blocks over the top leave for a day then remove.

[LSB]

11 hours ago, scottishjohn said:

mortar too soft?

 dpc too slippy

do you really need a dpc there is lintels are galvanised?

 you would not use one with concrete lintel

there is a DPC, it was cut back about 10mm just to give some grip to the edge.

 

[DannyT]

Encounter this nearly everyday at work.

lintel is more than likely right up against back of the block.

Chop a slight chamfer at the back of the block where it meets the back/bottom of lintel.

Add more compo to the front than the back so it’s not squeezing up behind the block and pushing it out.

Place blocks dry across the cavity from front to back to hold the front in place until they go off. With the weight holding them in place you can knock the tops back to the line and leave until set.

The thicker the DPC the more you have to chamfer the back of the block. On paper it’s a wonderful thing but using hyload DPC with a tight lintel is a pain.

Edited August 3, 2024 by DannyT