replacing bricks...

[Chris Styles]

During the weekend a friends gate was blow wider open than they are intended to go. As a result the corners of 2 bricks in the wall where the gate hinge used to be attached are now missing :-(

Reattaching the hinge will cover up most of the repair (it is a big hinge plate), so aesthetics is not the most important thing but the dilema is whether to replace the 2 broken bricks, or just try and fill the broken corner with *something* and reattach the hinge (presumable with longer screw/bolts so they bite into the remaining brick, and not the repair material.

Can anyone venture the do-ability of replacing two bricks in the corner of a wall, and what their resulting stregth is is likely to be?

Cheers, Chris

[meow2222]

why not? Angle grinder to cut into the mortar, cold chisel to finish the job.

Presumably as new

NT

[Stuart Noble]

If you still have the 2 broken bits, you could use car body filler to stick them back. I've also used it to re-anchor the fixings when gate hinges part company with brickwork