Repairing broken bricks
 

I have one or two bricks (at window openings, pipe openings, etc) where the
brick has broken and I would like to stick the broken bits back. What do you
suggest. Obvioulsly I need minimal thickness to preseve the shape.


John

Repairing broken bricks
 

"john" wrote in message
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I have one or two bricks (at window openings, pipe openings, etc) where the
brick has broken and I would like to stick the broken bits back. What do
you suggest. Obvioulsly I need minimal thickness to preseve the shape.


I tried cement mortar with a good proportion of powdered red brick to get
the colour approximately right.

bland

Repairing broken bricks
 

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"john" wrote in message
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I have one or two bricks (at window openings, pipe openings, etc) where
the brick has broken and I would like to stick the broken bits back. What
do you suggest. Obvioulsly I need minimal thickness to preseve the shape.


I tried cement mortar with a good proportion of powdered red brick to get
the colour approximately right.

bland

Mmmm - I was hoping to find an adhesive that wouldn't add any thickness -
just to stick the pieces back

Repairing broken bricks
 

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I have one or two bricks (at window openings, pipe openings, etc) where the
brick has broken and I would like to stick the broken bits back. What do you
suggest. Obvioulsly I need minimal thickness to preseve the shape.


Epoxy will hold them, but won't stop them from breaking again, depending
on why they broke in the first place - if they are soft then the bond
will be stronger than the brickwork and they will crumble, if it's water
damage they can just freeze and pop off again ...

Repairing broken bricks
 

john wrote:
I was hoping to find an adhesive that wouldn't add any thickness -
just to stick the pieces back

In what way are they broken? Couldn't you use araldite,
or poxy resin? A tin of polyester resin as used in car
body repairs?

Repairing broken bricks
 

john Wrote:
I have one or two bricks (at window openings, pipe openings, etc) where
the
brick has broken and I would like to stick the broken bits back. What
do you
suggest. Obvioulsly I need minimal thickness to preseve the shape.


John

Use an epoxy resin i.e. Araldite. Clean the loose dust etc of the
bricks and they should stick ok. I used to buy "special" bricks like
doglegs from a firm that made them by cutting and glueing with epoxy.


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Nick H

Repairing broken bricks
 

john wrote:
I have one or two bricks (at window openings, pipe openings, etc) where the
brick has broken and I would like to stick the broken bits back. What do you
suggest. Obvioulsly I need minimal thickness to preseve the shape.


John

Any kind of resin glue, epoxy, polyester. Or grind a slot and turn the
break into a new mortar joint.

NT

try using clear silicone

Repairing broken bricks
 

No need to mess about with araldite or epoxy.

Just use clear silicone.

The traditional way is a blob or mortar and brick dust, but
effectiveness in terms of blending in depends on the type of brick.