On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:39:01 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:

I need to 'join' two parallel brick walls - about 3' long & 5 courses high
and about 1" apart.

They are in a garden and one wall has a small gate post fixed to it. This
wall has partly fallen down & needs rebuilding, the other wall is as solid a
rock.

Plan A was to use steel frame ties to bond the two walls together & improve
the overall strength. Plan B could be to pour a wet concrete or mortar mix
into the 1" gap once the wall has been rebuilt or indeed as it's being
rebuilt. In the latter case I could PVA everything.

Any thoughts as to which method will be stronger? Would mortar be better
than concrete?

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If strength is more important than appearance consider inserting lengths
of studding from side to side with large load spreading washers (pattress
plates) at each end of the studding. Filling the void would then be a
substantial extra stiffener.

Cic.
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