Happy easter, did you get many eggs??
Okay so I goes to do a lead step flashing job where and old extension meets the main wall of a house. It is currently bodged with mortar:
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33434_85793707_thumb.jpg
When I started to remove the mortar I revealed that the bricks were falling away and there were also big gaps behind the mortar
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33438_91219833_thumb.jpg
Then I took a closer look and realised bricks were missing
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33435_97970649_thumb.jpg
So fearing the worst I thought better stop and see if we can see if what I am thinking is the case. and sure enough it is. Below the line of where the tiled roof meets the wall of the house there is no bricks or support so all the bricks you can see in the photos above the mortar are all sitting on nothing. The 2 photos below show you what I saw when I made a hole in the ceiling to look up at the roof. In these pics you can see that thes bricks follow the roof line up but have no support below them. It may look like they are sitting on the wide rafter, but they are not.
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33436_38887689_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33437_76012749_thumb.jpg
I stopped the job and informed the land lord who wants me to sort this mess out.
Have any of you ever come across this before because I havnt. Now I know people remove the external skin when the have an extension as it gives more internal room but to leave these bricks as is seems dangerous to me, let alone the fact I cant get to do the lead to stop the damp probs.
The only 2 solutions I can think of is to run a steel across from one wall to the other to give me somthing to build off and upto the bricks but this cant be done as the wall plate in room is lower the ceiling height and you would have to play limbo to get in the room. The other solution is a stupid idea of using L straps fastened to the existing wall with the short length of strap supporting a brick I know thats a bad idea but we all think crazy ones at times.
Hope you can advise, I have tried to be a thorough in my explanation as possible.
Okay so I goes to do a lead step flashing job where and old extension meets the main wall of a house. It is currently bodged with mortar:
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33434_85793707_thumb.jpg
When I started to remove the mortar I revealed that the bricks were falling away and there were also big gaps behind the mortar
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33438_91219833_thumb.jpg
Then I took a closer look and realised bricks were missing
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33435_97970649_thumb.jpg
So fearing the worst I thought better stop and see if we can see if what I am thinking is the case. and sure enough it is. Below the line of where the tiled roof meets the wall of the house there is no bricks or support so all the bricks you can see in the photos above the mortar are all sitting on nothing. The 2 photos below show you what I saw when I made a hole in the ceiling to look up at the roof. In these pics you can see that thes bricks follow the roof line up but have no support below them. It may look like they are sitting on the wide rafter, but they are not.
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33436_38887689_thumb.jpg
//media.diynot.com/38000_37302_33437_76012749_thumb.jpg
I stopped the job and informed the land lord who wants me to sort this mess out.
Have any of you ever come across this before because I havnt. Now I know people remove the external skin when the have an extension as it gives more internal room but to leave these bricks as is seems dangerous to me, let alone the fact I cant get to do the lead to stop the damp probs.
The only 2 solutions I can think of is to run a steel across from one wall to the other to give me somthing to build off and upto the bricks but this cant be done as the wall plate in room is lower the ceiling height and you would have to play limbo to get in the room. The other solution is a stupid idea of using L straps fastened to the existing wall with the short length of strap supporting a brick I know thats a bad idea but we all think crazy ones at times.
Hope you can advise, I have tried to be a thorough in my explanation as possible.
