Garden wall only has soldier brick course along the top and some
(neighbours walls) are showing signs of spalling and staining (1988 build)

Any suggestions as to what to use to cap the wall?

On 25/06/2020 15:53, John wrote:
Garden wall only has soldier brick course along the top and some
(neighbours walls) are showing signs of spalling and staining (1988 build)

Any suggestions as to what to use to cap the wall?

something with a DPC under it ....

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Garden wall only has soldier brick course along the top and some
(neighbours walls) are showing signs of spalling and staining (1988 build)

Any suggestions as to what to use to cap the wall?


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John Wrote in message:
Garden wall only has soldier brick course along the top and some
(neighbours walls) are showing signs of spalling and staining (1988 build)

Any suggestions as to what to use to cap the wall?


Coping stones.

Concrete pavers (not paving...) in various colours... depends on
your wall width & budget I spose...

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Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

On 25/06/2020 17:43, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

engineering bricks are a good DPC .......

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On 25/06/2020 17:43, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting
contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

engineering bricks are a good DPC .......


Any views on cost comparison?

Tricky Dicky wrote in
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Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting
contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard


Mmmm - that implies removing the existing soldiers. A possibility, but
capping seems maybe a quicker way.

On 25/06/2020 19:49, John wrote:
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in
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On 25/06/2020 17:43, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting
contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

engineering bricks are a good DPC .......


Any views on cost comparison?

nah I always got my stuff for free .....

On 25/06/2020 18:04, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/06/2020 17:43, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting
contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

engineering bricks are a good DPC .......


But contrary to expectations, they are not frost-proof
when used above ground.

On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 21:36:39 +0100, Andrew wrote:

On 25/06/2020 18:04, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/06/2020 17:43, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting
contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

engineering bricks are a good DPC .......


But contrary to expectations, they are not frost-proof
when used above ground.

Mine have withstood 70 years as DPC. The back ofthe house gets wetted by
splashing of rain but has no sun over the winter, so it's frozen and thawed
quite often - or was, hardly at all nowadays.
It's a council-built house and the bricks are the blue ones - I suspect that
they're better than the modern ones.
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On 25/06/2020 19:49, John wrote:
"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in
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On 25/06/2020 17:43, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting
contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

engineering bricks are a good DPC .......


Any views on cost comparison?

I ordered some blue engineering bricks recently - cost was around
94p/brick for a small quantity.

(the ones I have here as soldier courses on the top of walls etc have so
far lasted a couple of decades without any degradation)


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On 25/06/2020 21:36, Andrew wrote:
On 25/06/2020 18:04, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/06/2020 17:43, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting
contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

engineering bricks are a good DPC .......


But contrary to expectations, they are not frost-proof
when used above ground.

bollox you use them as a dpc in garden walls ... if you are smart ....

In article ,
John wrote:
Garden wall only has soldier brick course along the top and some
(neighbours walls) are showing signs of spalling and staining (1988 build)

Any suggestions as to what to use to cap the wall?

Old house? I hate brick on edge over creasing tiles on a garden wall.
Looks cheap to me.

Yorkstone capping would be more in keeping. Not that expensive as part of
the overall wall costs.

If a newish house, precast concrete capping.

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On 26/06/2020 07:08, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/06/2020 21:36, Andrew wrote:
On 25/06/2020 18:04, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/06/2020 17:43, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting
contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

engineering bricks are a good DPC .......


But contrary to expectations, they are not frost-proof
when used above ground.

bollox you use them as a dpc in garden walls ... if you are smart ....

I have some used as a path edging, laid so that the normal brick
face is uppermost, done about 8 years old.
A couple of them are already losing 'wafers' from the topmost
exposed edge.

Friend of a neighbours who used to work for Southwater brick co
watched me do it and came over and said the frost would get into
them eventually. They are apparently intended for 'below ground' usage.

These were the red variety, about 38p in wickes. The black
ones might be more dense.

On 26/06/2020 17:03, Andrew wrote:
On 26/06/2020 07:08, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/06/2020 21:36, Andrew wrote:
On 25/06/2020 18:04, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/06/2020 17:43, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Use engineering bricks for the soldiers makes for an interesting
contrast to the rest of the wall.

Richard

engineering bricks are a good DPC .......


But contrary to expectations, they are not frost-proof
when used above ground.

bollox you use them as a dpc in garden walls ... if you are smart ....

I have some used as a path edging, laid so that the normal brick
face is uppermost, done about 8 years old.
A couple of them are already losing 'wafers' from the topmost
exposed edge.

Friend of a neighbours who used to work for Southwater brick co
watched me do it and came over and said the frost would get into
them eventually. They are apparently intended for 'below ground' usage.

These were the red variety, about 38p in wickes. The black
ones might be more dense.

get scottish ones

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