replacing bricks...

Dec 11, 2006 2 Replies

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


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

Presumably as new

NT

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

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