Now a bunch of questions about bricks and masonry.
I'm having a problem with the bricks "hanging" around all the windows and doors around the house. And now I would need some advice on how to fix this in a good way. I've gotten some advice from others but I'll take the chance to ask here too
It seems that the reinforcement has pushed out the bricks.
Should I tear down all the bricks above the windows, cut the reinforcement and lay a brick lintel? How much do those cost? Where do you buy them?
Or should I put in flat iron/iron lintel?
Which way sounds best? Or does anyone have any other suggestions? ???
Linking some pictures of the "problem".
http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=viewall&albumID=135703717
I'm having a problem with the bricks "hanging" around all the windows and doors around the house. And now I would need some advice on how to fix this in a good way. I've gotten some advice from others but I'll take the chance to ask here too
It seems that the reinforcement has pushed out the bricks.
Should I tear down all the bricks above the windows, cut the reinforcement and lay a brick lintel? How much do those cost? Where do you buy them?
Or should I put in flat iron/iron lintel?
Which way sounds best? Or does anyone have any other suggestions? ???
Linking some pictures of the "problem".
http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=viewall&albumID=135703717
sent the wrong link before. Let's see if this one works. :-[
http://community.webshots.com/album/135703717pkvscC
http://community.webshots.com/album/135703717pkvscC
That didn't look so fun.
There are, of course, brick beams available for purchase (among others at Tegelförsäljningen in Stockholm) but getting them in "your" brick is less likely.
One might wonder how it became like that at your place... have they placed in the frame and built on top or what?
There are, of course, brick beams available for purchase (among others at Tegelförsäljningen in Stockholm) but getting them in "your" brick is less likely.
One might wonder how it became like that at your place... have they placed in the frame and built on top or what?
Have looked around the entire area and so far I haven't found a single house that is built like mine without head joints. I don't really know what the lowest stones are resting on, if it's the frames or not. I haven't examined it that closely yet.