wall cabinet that's going next to window. The old one was right in the
corner of the last brick (rawlbolt) after that its just filler and a
scrappy wooden lintel and gaps. The new fixing needs to be right in
the "hole". What do I do? Cut a brick to fill the space and cement it
in? If so how long will the cement next to go off?
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

"Mike......." asked;
wall cabinet that's going next to window. The old one was right in the
corner of the last brick (rawlbolt) after that its just filler and a
scrappy wooden lintel and gaps. The new fixing needs to be right in
the "hole". What do I do? Cut a brick to fill the space and cement it
in? If so how long will the cement next to go off?
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

Mortar is normally used to bed a brick to other bricks in a wall. You could
possibly use concrete (cement and sand) to fix a brick in place. Mortar
should have set after 24 hours at the most, and concrete should have set
after 48 hours at the most.

Following up to "DIY" wrote:

Mortar is normally used to bed a brick to other bricks in a wall. You could
possibly use concrete (cement and sand) to fix a brick in place. Mortar
should have set after 24 hours at the most, and concrete should have set
after 48 hours at the most.

thanks, I was thinking concrete as its going to be a essentially
bodged up repair of a space left by badish DIY 30 tears ago. Would
concrete give more strength?
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

Following up to Mike....... wrote:

Would
concrete give more strength?

my inclination looking at the hole is that putting a third of a brick
in would give something to fix to but how secure will it be with a bit
of mortar poked in as best you can? If I push a load of cement in it
will conform to the irregular shape and wont be able to fall out
because of it shape?
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

Following up to Mike....... wrote:

Would
concrete give more strength?

in meant cement
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

On Feb 26, 5:15 pm, "DIY" wrote:
"Mike......." asked;

wall cabinet that's going next to window. The old one was right in the
corner of the last brick (rawlbolt) after that its just filler and a
scrappy wooden lintel and gaps. The new fixing needs to be right in
the "hole". What do I do? Cut a brick to fill the space and cement it
in? If so how long will the cement next to go off?
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

Mortar is normally used to bed a brick to other bricks in a wall. You could
possibly use concrete (cement and sand) to fix a brick in place.

What is mortar if not cement and sand? (OK, it might be lime mortar,
but I wouldn't recommend that here).


To the OP:
What do I do?

The Natural Philosopher will be along shortly to say "car body filler"
- and this might well be a good application.

I can't visualize the situation, but I would hesitate to use concrete
in any application that requires tensile strength - it is very strong
in compression, but if you pull it even a tiny bit, it will crack.

On 27/02/2008 15:56, Martin Bonner wrote:

The Natural Philosopher will be along shortly to say "car body filler"
- and this might well be a good application.

In similar circumstances, when hanging a row of cupboards, there was
nothing substantal to bite into for one of them, so I hacked out the
loose stuff and filled and drilled with

http://www.polycell.co.uk/products/p...polyfilla.html

Following up to Martin Bonner wrote:

The Natural Philosopher will be along shortly to say "car body filler"
- and this might well be a good application.

never thought of that!

I can't visualize the situation, but I would hesitate to use concrete
in any application that requires tensile strength - it is very strong
in compression, but if you pull it even a tiny bit, it will crack.

its in an irregular shaped hole that should have been a half brick, if
fancy polyfilla did the job, im hoping cement will. It has nowhere to
go so shouldnt crack?
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

On Feb 27, 4:18 pm, Mike.......
wrote:
Following up to Martin Bonner wrote:

The Natural Philosopher will be along shortly to say "car body filler"
- and this might well be a good application.

never thought of that!

I can't visualize the situation, but I would hesitate to use concrete
in any application that requires tensile strength - it is very strong
in compression, but if you pull it even a tiny bit, it will crack.

its in an irregular shaped hole that should have been a half brick, if
fancy polyfilla did the job, im hoping cement will. It has nowhere to
go so shouldnt crack?

Ah right. That should be fine.