Does this brick work look OK?

[Tony L]

This doesn't look good to me.  Is this excess mortar on the inside of the outer skin acceptable?

[joe90]

Very shoddy IMO but limited to a small area (perhaps he forget to go back to that bit.)

Edited November 30, 2024 by joe90

[Blooda]

 

An end cap on the drain pipe and cover on the access chamber wouldn't go amiss, to prevent unwanted egress of stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2024 by Blooda

[kandgmitchell]

Caps would certainly help. Are those drains built into the walls? Can't see that there is a lintol between that brickwork course and the pipe.

[Tony L]

Thanks for the comments.

 

I told the builder there should be caps on these when I had a site meeting this morning.  There are lintels over the pipes that come into the ICs.  The 110 doesn't connect through the wall - it's the downpipe for rain water.

[Canski]

Please tell me what size cavities you are supposed to have. 

[Tony L]

 

5 hours ago, Canski said:

Please tell me what size cavities you are supposed to have. 

 

150.  Thanks - I'll check on these in that corner when I'm next there, which will be tomorrow morning, if I get my other work done tonight.

Edited December 2, 2024 by Tony L
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[ETC]

Shoddy brickwork and the drainage pipes should be bedded in stone. Also where’s the start of the wall ties?

Edited December 2, 2024 by ETC

[Canski]

18 minutes ago, Tony L said:

150.  Thanks - I'll check on these in that corner when I'm next there

This is what I mentioned yesterday. It looks more like 200 to me from your photo. That’s why I asked how they were going to infill the ends of the beams. 

[Tony L]

1 hour ago, ETC said:

Shoddy brickwork and the drainage pipes should be bedded in stone. Also where’s the start of the wall ties?

Thanks.  The drain pipes are in concrete, under the mud, but I pointed out to the builder that the tops are at an angle, rather than flat.  They have to come out, anyway, because my rain water is going into the drains (yes, I have all the permissions - covered in another thread) & the builder didn't put the back fill bottle gullies, or whatever they're called, in there.

[Tony L]

51 minutes ago, Canski said:

This is what I mentioned yesterday. It looks more like 200 to me from your photo. That’s why I asked how they were going to infill the ends of the beams. 

Ah right - I mis-understood you the first time, I think. I thought you were talking about blocking the holes to the void, under the B&B.  I see what you mean, now.  It looks like the blocks didn't reach the ends of the beams, & rather than put a cut block in, at least one block back from the edge [I'm learning], he just stopped, meaning, if you hadn't told me about this (because the BCO didn't spot it), my inner leaf would have been built off the edge of the B&B that's not fully supported underneath, & all the rooms down that side of the house would be 50mm narrower than they're supposed to be.

 

I'm guessing the wall ties will start at the height of the first block that goes down to make the inner leaf - is that right?  If so, we're not quite there yet.  He told me, the BCO told him there would need to be trays in the cavity.  I haven't had time to learn about these yet.  I'm assuming the trays will have some baring on where the wall ties start.  I asked the builder when the trays would be going in, & he explained, he wouldn't be doing it - that would be part of the next phase of the work.  The work he's doing for me stops at B&B floor level, although he's also laying the black bricks on the outside leaf, that go up from ground level to the bottom of where the render will start.  I need to work out the cost of these trays (in my approx. 46 linear meter cavity wall) because I think if he'd built what was on the drawings (beams on inner leaf of cavity wall, rather than sitting on the inside of 350mm wide trench block) then I don't think tray/trays would have been required, because any water inside the cavity could have drained down below the level of the bottom of the beams & onto concrete in the cavity that would have been shaped to direct any water to the outside leaf - building this arrangement was included in the quote I accepted, & because the builder hasn't followed the drawings, I'm going to have to pay extra for trays to be included in the next phase of the work. 

[Russell griffiths]

You need to stop thinking that BC will pick up any problems, they are only looking at the very few items that need to comply. 
so they check a damp course is installed, but don’t really comment if it’s a sub standard job, as long as it passes a standard that’s it, not a good standard. 
 

after your up to damp course level you won’t see them again for a while. 
you really need to get to grips with the next stages and what is right and what is wrong, before you go up any further. 

[Tony L]

On 02/12/2024 at 23:07, Canski said:

This is what I mentioned yesterday. It looks more like 200 to me from your photo. That’s why I asked how they were going to infill the ends of the beams. 

 

I'm going to start a new thread, to encourage more views, & it may be more easily found by others searching for information on this.

[Tony L]

On 03/12/2024 at 08:11, Russell griffiths said:

...you won’t see them again for a while. 
 

Thanks, Russell.  After we're up to damp course level & the snagging issues have been dealt with, I hope to never see these people again.

[Russell griffiths]

1 hour ago, Tony L said:

Thanks, Russell.  After we're up to damp course level & the snagging issues have been dealt with, I hope to never see these people again.

Building control I meant. 

[Tony L]

Ah right.  Sorry - I'm just looking forward so much to never seeing this builder again, that's why I misinterpreted your comment.