Using old reclaimed bricks to make a paved patio in six steps, took about two days to complete and used 800 reclaimed bricks. My websites: geo-dome.co.uk wangerflange.com
Great job! The only step I'd skip is the Building Control inspection. That's a violation of your human rights. They can put that inspection where the sun don't shine.
Ok so I just went at the 117-year-old mortar on my bricks with a chisel and metal putty knife and a rubber mallet. I did it into a cardboard box lined with a thick plastic garbage bag. It worked!
I also saw in another YT video that bricks can be cleaned with Muriatic Acid (readily and cheaply available at Home Depot). Definitely going to do that too. They look **amazing** after the little bath in Muriatic Acid but you want to scrape off as much mortar as you can to make the cleaning go faster.
He's using a 'Pneumatic Chisel Hammer' but an electric hammer drill will work just as well - NB; you must get one where the 'chisel' bit, doesn't spin. I've used one on heaps of bricks - it tents to flake off in big slices.
As a Building control inspector myself. I can tell you we do not need to see patios and groundworks unless its on a new build or extension site and theres potential for breaching the DPC. If it's just a patio, Building control shou;dn't even be involved.
Thank you. We are trying to do this ourselves at present, and with your video it will be much easier - and a better result! Oh, and could I ask where your music came from? What is it called? Love it!
Have you had any issues with weeds afterwards? I've just finished a 8 metre path with 45deg herringbone which has a slight s shape and going up a hill. I have wet sharp sand and thinking about putting a bit of cement in it so it hardens and stops the weeds coming through.
Hi Paul, nice job. From what decade were these reclaimed bricks? Handmade or wirecut, etc? 2 years on, what percentage have now blown from the frost due to contact with ground? Or did you find a good product to seal them with?
I didn't seal them, 4 have blown with he frost a couple started last year with very hard frosts after a wet period and have fully gone now. They are a very heavy solid brick though, victorian but like an engineering brick.
He's using a 'Pneumatic Chisel Hammer' but an electric hammer drill will work just as well - NB; you must get one where the 'chisel' bit, doesn't spin. I've used one on heaps of bricks - it tents to flake off in big slices.
