Brick coursework varies in gauge front to rear of house?

[carryoncamping]

The new extension's brickwork will be gauged with that of the existing.

But what do you do when the brick coursework varies by 33mm from front to back . I've double checked this with a laser level. All I can imagine is the house wasn't built exactly level.

If I gauge the brickwork at the the front and build perfectly level by the time I get to the back I'll be more or less 1/2 a brick out.

Is this a problem builders come across especially on older buildings or where there has been subsidence.

What do the pros do?

 

[Mick Leek]

Ged,

My house (1940's build) is exactly the same. in the end i did the brickwork at the front of the house in line with the original. That is the most noticable area.

At the back, it did run out a little. I checked the footings and also the build upto DPC and i had only lost 5mm over 18 meters which i thought was pretty good and acceptable.

I have a picture somewhere that i will post to show you but to be honest, i have seen 3 other extensions built in my area recently where the bricks dont run in line.

My bricks are old imperial 75mm and not the more modern 65mm so i had to pay a little more for the old spec ones.

 

[Richard C]

I’ve just rebuilt the front wall of a 1960’s extension to a 1960’s house. Where the extension abutted the house, there were originally 2 timber framed doors (no bricks) but these were to be bricked up. After knocking the front w all out & throwing some levels from the opposite corner, the course line turned out to be ½ a brick out where it abuts the house. No evidence of subsidence & it was also like this down at the DPC & below so I can only assume they weren’t that fussy back in the 60’s. All you can really do is to try position the difference where it will be noticed the least; sometimes you can locate a new gutter down pipe in front of the join!

 

[Nige F]

Weren`t that fussy Thousand a day (bricks).....on the road to a fortune Absolute SHYTE was thrown up in the 60`s and ££££££££££££made by some....BUT there were some Good craftsmen about and I`m proud to say I followed 2 of them ,My dad and his dad.......and Guess what, I`m just as poor .relatively as they were