Good tip! Just an addition, after you have drilled out the hole, blow out the dust and give it a quick spray with water. This allows better adhesion of the new cement and stops the dry porous (possibly warm) brick from sucking out all the moisture from the new cement which can lead to new cement cracking and potentially falling out further down the line
How to fix holes in bricks/ mortar video. I had watched another video but that man expected you to match colors of brick by adding colored brick powder repair. He also said to remove wall anchor. The DIY Guy made it so much simpler, easier, no extra expenses. Well worth watching and following his advise.
learned that trick from woodworking, using sawdust from the same wood mixed with a bit of wood glue to hide nail holes on pieces that will be stained later. really does the trick. Awesome tip my friend.
I wouldn't have thought to hammer in the screw plugs. And drilling for brick is brilliant. I have big gaps where gas and electrical pipes have been drilled to install, maybe because a poor job was done and maybe brick chunks fell out over time from settling, vibration and such. I can adapt your procedure for the larger gaps and hide the repairs with brick dust from each area to match better. Thanks for the video!
Great tip, I’ve plenty of these type of holes to fill around the house, thanks 👍 Every days a school day in the building trade, I’ve been in the game since 86 and I’m always looking for ways to improve.
This was SOOOO helpful, thank you! I just purchased a home and the previous owner had tons of holes drilled into the back wall. I thought this would be a costly repair. So glad I can do this in just a few hours myself.
Wow! What a tip on enlarging the hole to collect brick dust - so simple; how have I never thought of it before!? Loving your content, mate. Please keep it coming 👍🏻
Excellent video Cameron. At my dad's home, an old sky dish was removed by some metal collectors. I'll pop over and try this. I didn't even know mortar repair cement even existed. Love it matey.
Once the cement repair has set, paint on a little wash made up of garden soil/earth and water, and rub it in gently with a finger to help age the repair. Alternatively, if you have any around, dap the repair with fresh (as in moist) manure. The chemicals in manure will help age the repair. That's two of numerous other methods.
Indeed. I remember as a student in university, a century-old building had an addition added. To blend the new brickwork with the old, they had a crew spray manure solution with pressure washers onto the new section, and feathered a bit onto the old. They let it bake in the sun for a week or two, and then pressure-washed the entire building, old and new. It matched extremely well.
A 10/10 how to tip! I recently removed a sink waste external pipe and had half a brick hole. This tip came in handy to fill the hole. I used a spare brick to drill into for brick dust and then using a paint brush and water, brush along the mortar lines for a nice mortar/brick edge. By the way, SF stock a 5kg tub of ready mix mortar .... simply add water.
Hi DIY Guy, This is a great tip… I have several holes & old rawl plugs that have been left and wasn’t sure the best way to tackle this problem. I can now crack on and fix these unsightly areas around my house, cheers, Wayne😀👍
Good idea. Maybe I’m missing the point, but a smaller drill bit will easily remove the plug without the need for screwing and hammering to sink it into the brick.
Amazing. Simple but effective. Great video. Now if you could do a video to tell me how to create the time to go around doing this that would be great. 👍😁
Have loads of these holes in my brick work. Probably due to so many different owners over the years. Looking forward to doing this job and the sense of satisfaction I'll get when completed. On the coloured the brick work. I had to angle grind splashes of gloss paint that some moron threw up the side of the house before I bought the house. Grinding it off left some nasty marks on there. To darken it down I dabbed some peanut oil on there and let it soak in. Not perfect, but s lot less noticeable than before.
Top vids, well explained and shown. Also the fact you put a link for any tools or materials you use for the job is a plus in my book. Thanks for the channel.
That's brilliant. I love your channel. Everything is so clever and brilliant explained. I've done so many repairs I would have been paying someone for. Thanks for all the knowledge you share. Really appreciated.
Excellent video, couldnt agree more and just done this myself when relocating light and installing power cable in wall cavity. Unfortunately had 6 holes in 1 brick to fill in due to the number of lights that have been fitted to house it in its lifetime but its covered them up well. Originally was going the cementone route until i saw this. Excellent and cheers 👍👍
Ive been watching you videos for a while and this one is great as i have moved into bungalow and there are wall plugs in the brick work and also the video with the locktight 55 was really helpful too installing new rads no leaks 👍🏻
@@TheDIYGuy1 cheers one of the brick has blown already from the previous owner. Would it work if i put more mortar and shaped it to the brick and added brick dust or just best to leave it?
Thank you for sharing. That's a fab idea. We've just moved into a new property, only small but there are quite a few unsightly rawplugs showing on the brickwork. I would have pulled the rawplugs out and made things worse - my lack of knowledge. Will try in the New Year. Cheers, Best Wishes
Was hesitant to drill holes for my outdoor TV mount as it requires 4 fairly large holes. This will be just the ticket but I'm going to save the dust from each of the two bricks when I drill the holes and label them for use later. I have a special box where I store labeled parts and other items that may be needed years later so I'll hopefully be able to find it.
Alternative option for brick dust - slide back a roof tile to expose the top of the brick work - chip off a piece of the inside edge of the brick work, Place the chip in a bag and gently crush using a hammer so instead of powder, there will be fine granules which may match the texture of your brickwork.
Great idea & really simple. Theres a company (StoneLux) that does Brick Repair filler also which I've used in the past. They do a decent colour selection for stone & red bricks, but its deffo going to cost a bit more than just doing this.
I’ve used chips of brick along the walls (there are often little chunks of brick along an exterior wall) that can simply poke into the hole. A ball peen hammer, the ball end, works to tappity tap and bust up the plug. Just something I did in a recent doorbell replacement for someone. I didn’t like the previous holes that showed, so I searched a bit and found a chip of brick in the brush. Similar to using toothpaste (I know, bad form, being that I’m a pro, but I was once a renter and had small holes that the paint alone wasn’t going to ‘disappear’.) or similar. 😂
Nicely done! Would this technique work with a drill hole that goes all the way through the brick externally to internally? The previous owner thought it be a good idea to feed a cable through! 🙃
I have never heard of this stuff before. And to find that it's No Nonsense, so therefore it's from my local Big Boys Toy Shop, you can guess where I'm going after work. Have a new subscriber!
Thanks! Just what I needed! The absolute maniac that owned our house for forty years before us had a drill fetish. There are holes in the external brickwork EVERYWHERE! I especially like how he decided to add telephones in every room, so he ran all the cables externally, secured with drilled in clips. There's not a day goes by that I don't curse that arsehole. I won't even go in to the horrors we found in the ensuite bathroom!
I did this and it relaly helped and made for a good look my bricks were old though and the dust looked new. So if it helped anyone eles there's a product called 'liquid weather' comes in a red spray bottle spray itnot half a coke can and use a very small paint brush or makeup brushes to rub it on the surface. Do it in layers slowly let one layer dry and check the next day and keeo going till its dark enough, if you lay it on too thick too fast it still looks good but ita almost too dark 👍
