"Simon Stroud" wrote in message
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Benda Menda wrote in message
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Anyone out there had any experiences of these?
I require a few for a conservatory I'm building (135' corners), I'm not
having much success on the small numbers involved. I have been quoted
£60
for 20 off bricks (my own) to be 'cut and bonded', could this be a DIY
job?
What is used for the bonding of bricks?, some epoxy or the like?
Ben da Menda

Hi,

We have these on our conservatory which has a "5-sided" end rather than
3-sided so the angle is slightly strange rather than the "normal" 135
degrees.

The conservatory co got a quantity of the standard bricks "cut and
bonded".
The result was very satisfactory and has stood up well for a good few
years
now. It hasn't all "fallen apart at the corners" fortunately. I've no idea
what they used to glue the cut bricks together - maybe it's like those
stories about "PVA wood glue is stronger than the wood itself".
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known in the trade as 'cut & stucks' you can get them made for reasonably
cheaply.

Any local brick merchants will be able to put you in touch with local cut&
stuck shop.


I had a load of specials for a bay window - but needed a few other internal
angles to complete the job, found a company that does the cut& stuck ...
they charge £3 each plus you supply the bricks.

I watched them being made - dry cut with diamond saw, then a hot melt glue
is applied, which set pretty quick - but then it is cured in an oven to get
full strength.

They sprinkle dust from the saw over the joint which sticks to the glue
making a very next joint.

They can do them while you wait.

Rick