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dg
 
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Default Angled bricks/ 'Squints'

I think these are generaly available pre made from good merchants, and
the price you have is about right.

Some alternatives a

1. Birdsmouth the corner, so that the normal bricks are turned, on
plan, to form the angle and the wall bond is maintained.

2. Cut all the bricks (with a mechanical saw) to the 135 angle and
have a straight joint up the corner. Use tie wires in the bed joint
every 3 course, to hold the two walls together

3. Cut the bricks as above and glue them together with epoxy cement.
You need to make sure the cuts and setting angles are true, otherwise
you have problems plumbing the face and the corner looks a mess.

Unless you go for the birdsmouth option, the time, cost, dust and
buggeration of DIY cuts and mixing and setting epoxy resin, means that
£60 is a worthwhile spend. It is a small percentage of the whole cost
of the consevatory.

dg


"Benda Menda" wrote in message ...
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