Brick Wall Weep Holes - how to add to existing brick walls
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Comments (4)There are no absolutes in life, so I'll amend pls8xx's statement: The new wall will very likely fail if constructed as you say. You're in a freeze-thaw part of the country, which is why your footer needs to be below frost line. If you attempt to "float" the footer, the expansion and contraction of the soil will heave and crack the footer, the mortar joints in the CMUs, and the brick veneer. You also need to consider that with a 3' high wall, the forces attempting to knock it over are pretty intense. Without being tied to a proper footer, and without vertical steel reinforcement, those forces will eventually win and your wall will very likely fail. Again, no absolutes in life; the brick piers on my 100 year-old house go 6" into the ground and sit on bare earth. But if you're taking the time and expense to do something, why build in the probability of failure? As to the EP Henry wall solution... did that quote also include demo & removal of the existing wall and related sitework? If so, they may not be that out of line. If you approach it as a DIY job, you may be surprised at how quickly $X per ton of disposal adds up. If you do the project yourself, be fanatical about following the manufacturer's instructions. These systems are designed so they can be installed without special masonry skills, but you still need to be very accurate in preparing the base. If you don't feel like you're spending a ridiculous amount of time getting the first course of block perfectly level... well, you're probably not doing it right. If you want to put a fence back on top of the wall, Keystone makes a system that'll hold the fenceposts securely within the structure of the wall. Might be worth looking at. Best of luck!...See MoreHow to train Mme Hardy on a brick wall?
Comments (17)No prof---Greenhaven said she gets ready to dig her Zephy up & then it blooms again. I get frustrated also, but since mine's a once-bloomer, well....I mostly get frustrated. I posted pics & traits about a month ago on the Rose ID forum & with help had identified this rose, I thought. Weird thing is that a LOT of my roses are approaching 6 feet tall right now, with the tallest by far being Blue Girl, and it's only supposed to be 3 feet. Anyway, went down to Farm&Fleet to get garden wire. They were out & the very nice man working there asked what I was trying to do so that he could perhaps sell me something else. You'll love this. He suggested never trying to attach roses to brick walls because they "try to set roots in the mortar & you'll pull the mortar out of your house". That's about the time I smiled & left....See MoreAdd-on to a brick home
Comments (6)Thanks for the answers! It's what I thought it would be. I wasn't too awfully worried about "matching" the brick exactly as it's already painted and we'd paint it again. I just thought butting it straight up and down without dovetailing would look horrible and couldn't imagine how long it would take and how much it would cost. It sounds nightmarish! Admittedly, I thought about the attic, but we haven't gotten that far yet. We decided to move around the walls inside the house and all of the 832 sq ft is now efficiently used. I'd loved to have gone back and made the hugest kitchen ever, a real diningroom, but alas, I'm just certain it will be cost prohibitive. If we added, we'd probably go back and up, with two beds and bathroom on the top floor. I don't know how hard that would be, but I doubt we'll ever find out....See MorePlain and short brick wall
Comments (2)Plant one or two Macarthur palms, Ptychosperma macarthurii in the corner behind the L shaped bench. I do wonder if I am looking at Astroturf and if it is growing on cement in which case the palms would have to be in large decorative pots....See Morebrickeyee
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