Pocster Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 @Onoff can you finish the bloody bathroom first ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, pocster said: @Onoff can you finish the bloody bathroom first ? ? Trying to think of reasons to stay out of the house at the moment! Multiple threads likely! Edited May 6, 2019 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 33 minutes ago, Onoff said: Trying to think of reasons to stay out of the house at the moment! Multiple threads likely! You in trouble??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 2 hours ago, pocster said: You in trouble??? No more than usual! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) .. Edited May 6, 2019 by Ferdinand Taking the fifth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 Playing with some card & glue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC45 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 why the linseed oil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 6, 2019 Author Share Posted May 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, CC45 said: why the linseed oil? I presume it's something to do with stopping the salts/effervescense? Why not do the whole column I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC45 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 never heard of it before that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Put 4 panels of flints in it - nothing holding the sides together otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) I was thinking to use these st/st helical wall ties cut down to to say 400mm: Did wonder whether I could use standard wall ties set at 45deg on each corner? Edited May 7, 2019 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 10 hours ago, CC45 said: why the linseed oil? To prevent mortar staining. Also see diesel used on blue bricks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 I would fill with concrete as you build up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickie Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Mr Punter said: I would fill with concrete as you build up. Not the same day though,risk of blowing the brickwork out. If you are mass filling,I’d just hang ties into the void. They’ll tie the brickwork to the concrete & make it all solid. As @Mr Punter says-the linseed oil prevents staining on engineering bricks. Only paint the faces which will be seen,and I wouldn’t vouch for using it on any other brick susceptible to staining (soft reds for example.) Might be fine but I’ve never tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Thanks all so far! Daft question: If I fill with mass concrete won't that defeat any dpc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickie Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 If you’re using engineering bricks I wouldn’t worry about dpc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 38 minutes ago, Brickie said: If you’re using engineering bricks I wouldn’t worry about dpc. Only for the 1st 3 courses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickie Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 5 hours ago, Onoff said: Only for the 1st 3 courses. That’ll be your dpc then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Brickie said: That’ll be your dpc then. Around the outside of the pillar sure but if I infill with concrete won't the damp creep up through that? Saying that I'll add waterproofer as I always do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitpipe Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 19 minutes ago, Onoff said: Around the outside of the pillar sure but if I infill with concrete won't the damp creep up through that? Saying that I'll add waterproofer as I always do. We had block piers built around the steels for our gates - contractor was wary of backfilling with concrete as he was worried that the weight of it as it went in could yank out cables for the sensors & lights. We had loads of sand & cement left over from the render so made a dry mix and backfilled it with that. Easy to go in and will go off over time, giving the pillars some additional mass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 I'm thinking to 6 minutes ago, Bitpipe said: We had block piers built around the steels for our gates - contractor was wary of backfilling with concrete as he was worried that the weight of it as it went in could yank out cables for the sensors & lights. We had loads of sand & cement left over from the render so made a dry mix and backfilled it with that. Easy to go in and will go off over time, giving the pillars some additional mass. Ta. What ratio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 Until @Bitpipe's dry mix comment I was thinking to insert some cut down scaffold boards the height of the flint panels, width is about spot on, then infill the column with a wet mix.Once removed it'd leave a nice recess for my flintwork. These will be actual flints, a lot with fossils in, collected by SWMBO's geologist cousin before his death so it'll have a sentimental element. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 Ordered my bricks. Collecting tonight. Reading @AnonymousBosch's comments ref dry mix elsewhere... I've probably 10 bags of cement a couple of years old. Wondering whether that with some ballast would be alright for infilling the pillars as I build them just to use it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 Got half the bricks tonight. 175 bricks in the back of a Golf GTI... My back hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oranjeboom Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Onoff said: Got half the bricks tonight. 175 bricks in the back of a Golf GTI... My back hurts. Why's that? Did you have to push the car home? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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