NO MORTAR between bricks !

[gaztfa1]

Hi,
After recently digging up the old concrete path at the back of the house, Ive noticed that the bricks below where the path used to be have no mortar between them, In fact they closer together also than the bricks above them which are obviously mortared and pointed. Is this a problem, does it need fixing or is this the way it should look??
This curiousity starts on the 3rd layer down from the DPC.
Thanks

 

[masona]

Are you saying there's no mortar joints at all ?

 

[gaztfa1]

thats pretty much it, yea.
I can only see the front i havent taken a brick out yet, but when removing a step at the front of the house a few months ago I found the same thing, behind where this step had been the bricks just came out with no moratr, so im asuming the same in this case.

 

[masona]

hmmm, not sure about this yet..

Normally it mean rough brickwork as it's cannot be seen but with mortar !

 

[jeds]

You say old path so I presume the house is also old. If it hasn't caused any problem up to now it's not likely to. I would leave it alone. There isn't much you can do about it anyway.