Oliver Brearley wrote:
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Looks like my reply never made it. Offered a few options.

I'm here, sorry for the lack of feedback. Whilst reading up on
people's comments I've also been canvassing peoples views in the
office. I'll provide and fuller update and review of suggestions
tonight.

The metal ties option maybe a goer, but just with a slight
modification as a friends Dad mentioned Wickes sell something that is
bolted to the pier and has ties attached to that.

A further review and yet more poxy sketches to come :-)

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

- Oliver.


yep, thats an option, the use of ss EML on each layer might also be an
optoin. Those adjustable metal things seem a lot of dough for what
little they are. Some 2-3mm ss wire would be way less.


Briefly...

the only ways to do it with bricks a

1. to slice bricks in half long ways, and use them all over the place
in the piers. This would lead to instability in the brickwork. This
could be countered to a probably satisfactory extent by including full
width EML between every layer, to tie everything together. Must be ss,
not galv. But all this would not be my choice.

2. to just butt the bricks up and use ss eml at every mortar layer.
Cant say Im overly keen on that either.

3. as 2 but using 2-3mm ss wi strong and stable. Use the wire cross
ply style to prevent movement. Ready made ss wall ties might fit the
bill.

4. To use cast crete piers. The challenge is then how to make them look
good. Lime plastering the piers would be the simplest option, with
decorative stone inlay being a fancier one: terrazzo being its finest
incarnation.

4. to use stones cut to fit everything - not cheap I assume.

5. or to make life easy and do 18" brick piers instead of 13.


NT