"Art" wrote in message nk.net...
No it is not a weephole. Have to say I am stumped on this one. Do you
see any steel in there? I wonder if the door was replaced with a shorter
door and there is a steel lentil still in there for the old door height.
Maybe probe with a magnet and see if an inch back whether it is steel the
entire length.

Or maybe they had some decorative trim in there that slipped into the slot.

By the way, you need to try to match mortar and sand color or your repair
will look like a repair. Depending on the age of the house this may be an
issue for you. Mortar color varies by brand and type. Sand has infinite
varieties. There are masons who speciailize in small repairs and you might
want to consider having one look at it.


There is a plate above the door. However,I need to make a correction
from my first post (when I posted, I wasn't looking at it), the "seam"
is between the plate and the *first* row of bricks and extends 6
bricks wide (laid horizontally that covers the top of the door). So
from from the door (top down)...

- row of bricks
- row of what appears to be something that was sandwiched in between
(the front of which looks like caulk, the "inside" behind the caulk
looks like crumbled brick)
- a metal shelf

The separation appears to extend in a stair-like pattern on either
side of this 6-brick gap and the 2nd layer is a row of bricks placed
vertically.

I am going to try to get a picture this weekend that I can post or
email.

Thanks,
Dave