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Foundation under brick corner is moving/detached
Context: I'm a relatively new homeowner living in a 1958 brich house in Canada (think winters). FWIW, my house is old, has very few water holes and the face where the corner broke off is where the ...
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Bonding additive for mortar in brick parge?
I have a 4’ high section of exposed brick foundation wall which needs parging before I insulate it.
I’m making my own softer mortar mix, but was curious about using a bonding additive. Mostly, is it ...
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Parge old brick before waterproofing and insulating?
I have a section of my house foundation wall that’s brick. It’s 4’ high and is badly deteriorated from freeze / thaw cycles.
I want to insulate my foundation wall, but I’d like to stabilize / ...
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How should I repair a damaged brick post base?
I recently moved into a house with a garage. One of the posts looked off and it’s because it was pushed inside as the edge bricks had cracked off.
I have 0 experience with bricks, but I am wondering ...
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How to properly patch the "scar" in the wall after the door removal
I am doing a small home improvement project by removing the door between the entrance room and the corridor in the apartment. I've managed to remove the door and the bricks around it and am now left ...
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Can I repair a broken cubic/patterned breeze block with plaster or something similar?
At my place there is a feature wall with those patterened cubic breeze blocks. A couple of them are broken (eg some of the "spokes" are missing).
Is it possible to repair these with some ...
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How to remove bricks cemented on patio floor? Who do we hire? [closed]
My patio has some bricks cemented on top of older ones that I wish to remove. What kind of service do we need to hire for having the top bricks removed? Cement or mortar was used to set the bricks.
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Will a cement mixer extend the working life of mortar?
I'm going to do some brickwork on my own. Last time it was quite the job to mix up mortar and get it laid before it started to go off (I know, working in pairs would be helpful!). I know I can ...
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Exterior Cement Patio poured all the way to exterior brick of the house. Water proofing options?
My house was built in 1955, at some point (unknown) a cement patio was poured beside the house. The cement was poured all the way to the brick work of the house (No visible gap or nor is there a good ...
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How to prepare vertical brick surface so Portland cement based mixtures (concrete, mortar) will adhere properly?
I have a sub grade vertical stack of perforated brick (foundation) which I need to coat in a thick layer of mortar or concrete in order to fill gaps, creating a flat surface for subsequent painting/...
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Garden wall pointing / capping advice needed
I’m hoping to get some advice on a project I’m planning.
I bought a house last year that has a 2 foot retaining wall between the decking and the lawn. It’s a red brick wall and looks to be in pretty ...
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How to fill recess in fireplace before tiling
I wish to tile a fireplace pictured below
The brickwork has a recessed area directly above the firebox (pictured below)
This recessed area measures 28" x 8" x 1-1/2"
I wish to tile over the recessed ...
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tar joint between garage wall and asphalt
There's a kind of a gap between the asphalt and the garage which causes moisture to accumulate there.
I'd like to seal that gap by making a tar joint:
https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.sealant-...
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What causes these chips in a cement brick wall, and how can I fix them?
I have found my exposed basement cement wall which is about 15 x 10 in size to have quite a few areas where there is a cracked chip ranging from approx 0.5" in diameter to 2" in diameter and a few ...
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