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Title: Extension
Post by John Davies on Jun 22^nd, 2004, 5:05pm

We are in the process of buying a house which will need a kitchen built on, about 10' by 10'. The house is built in old fashioned imperial sized brick.

Question is, is it best to use imperial sized bricks and cut out bricks to bond the new walls to the old? I don't see many people doing this. If I use modern bricks for outer walls and block on the inner, and bond the inner walls, can the outer ones simply butt up against the house and be pointed up?

All advice greatfully received. I am used to being someone elses brickie or labourer, and doing plumbing and wiring, but this is the first time I will be attempting such a project from scratch.

Thanks

John Davies

Title: Re: Extension
Post by ROBBO on Jun 23^rd, 2004, 9:39am

There is nothing more unsightly than an extension built from new facing brick to an imperial common.
You should have no problem finding reclaimed brick, have a look around your area and find the closest match. if you have or wish to use new brick then opt for Baldwin commons (three and five eighths inch imp size)
Use a product called Fer-fix for bonding between new and old no need to tooth out, wont go into detail on the fur-fix best to pop into merchants once you see them they will be self explanitory.
You will need a deeper bed on the internal blockwork to accomadate the diffrence between imperial outer and metric inner ... (for the ties) no real hardship on a smallish area.

Title: Re: Extension
Post by Jerry on Jun 27^th, 2004, 6:37pm

John

Adding an extension to an old 1930's house is something that I attempted a few years back. I had a hell of a problem getting bricks to match size and colour. My answer was to go to a specialist who idenified the brick and where it was originally made (just by looking at it!!). I was able to get in touch with the manufacturer and have some made specially. Of course it could be a bit costly - I only needed 250 as most of the building is rendered.

Jerry