Brick and Mortar Repairs
by
Richard H
(IC: homeowner)
Settling foundation caused this brick to split, along with the mortar to separate.
Here is a picture of the split brick caused by stress of the foundation settling.
This mortar separation and splitting of bricks is from top to bottom
A little difficult to see in this photo but I used Gorilla Glue to reattach the split halfs of the brick
Brick glued and clamped
Split bricks reinserted and re-mortared
Below the electric box was damaged as badly as above it (pictures above).There were a total of 7 split bricks. Cracks are practically invisible now.
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Published October 22nd, 2014 1:33 PM
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on Oct 22, 2014Nice repair, but what did you do about the foundation settlement? The movement appears to be quite a bit. This is something you will need to follow up on or the cracking will only get worse over time.
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Steven Tansey on Oct 26, 2014can you recommend someone to repair cracks in the moator of the limestone front wall of my home in Wylie? stevespromise@yahoo.com 214 551 3739
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