The cleaner they are, the happier will be the brick-layer. I have cleaned bricks for a reno using a bolster and a scutch hammer. Some times I could get clean the brick using the bolster with one hit, other times I would have to chip away with the scutch hammer.
I took my time and cleaned them in batches after work, allowing myself 1 beer for every bucket of mortar I cleaned off. Sent from my GT-I using Tapatalk. I've done plenty. If you dont play it, it's not an instrument! Used air gun with chisel bit on a couple of thousand bricks for the same reason, colour match. An air gun was much faster than a bolster and fewer breakages, I didn't acid clean but the face of the bricks were fine anyway. Time consuming job, generally I find this sort of work faster with fewer losses if you avoid the beer smokos but worth the effort for the result.
I have no desire to repeat the effort though. I have done plenty of lime mortar bricks and for those all you need is a brickies trowel, yours will depend on how strong the mortar mix was, by the bagged brew was usually measured by the shovel and not that accurate in some cases.
I tried to reuse bricks for a project I was doing but the mortar was so strong it was ripping the bricks apart. To demo the old wall I had to get out the 18kg jack hammer to attack the mortar joints. My bricklayer said it was the strongest mortar he'd ever seen and joked it was 80MPa. At the end of the day I couldn't brick match but I scored 2, free bricks off Gumtree and had the wall rendered.
Improve this answer. Great point about the false economy of reusing the old bricks. One question, though If so I could imagine that might actually be cheaper. The mason might need to support it temporarily with spacers, since the combined weight of the thing might want to squish the mortar out of the joint. But yep. Any loose bricks will need to be removed, cleaned up, and re-mortared, though.
That's where the time adds up. The reusing bricks guy quoted a much lower price, hence the cheaper bit. Perhaps he doesn't value his time as much as the other guy. I estimate the intact chunk to weight about kgs, not sure how he would be able to prop it up without at least breaking it up a bit. It doesn't weigh that much. Maybe 50kg. Probably less. Show 5 more comments. A Danish company called GamleMursten ApS turns what used to be waste into a resource and demonstrates that reusing old bricks is a feasible, sustainable, and fashionable way for building new or restoring existing buildings.
Sometimes these types of industrial processes involve using chemicals and massive amounts of water, but this is not the case with REBRICK. The technology for cleaning old bricks consists of a patented, vibration-based system that both sorts the demolition waste as well as cleans mortar from old bricks without using water or chemicals, thus constituting a very environmentally friendly process.
After cleaning, the bricks are manually sorted according to their visual characteristics, quality, and value.
Each brick is then placed on a conveyor system to be automatically stacked and wrapped by a robot. The bricks are then ready for a prolonged life in a new building. Reclaimed bricks are better for the environment and enable users to reduce their carbon footprint.
Brick paths can be permanent or more temporary. They can be straight, or they can meander through the different sections of your garden. By using the most appropriate style of brick, you can create a contemporary or a classical looking path, and you can combine brick colors, such as blue and red, to create a stunning visual effect. The brick path laying process is easier than you might think, although you will need cement if you want a permanent base, and you will need additional materials like sand and will benefit from the use of wooden stakes.
The complexity and design of the path will ultimately determine the exact materials and items that you require.
A typical garden path needs to be at least 36 inches wide, which allows people to quickly move down the path. Plan the course of the path before you start digging. Sweep sand over the bricks to fill the gaps between, and bear in mind that after the first rain hits the path, you may need to sweep some moreover.
A garden bench obviously provides a seating area in the garden, and you can make the bench a permanent addition to your garden through the use of mortar and cement. A barbecue lets you expand your usable living space, and it enables you to prepare your food outside as well as eat it. Building your barbecue, using reclaimed bricks, means that you can dictate the dimensions and size, as well as the placement and even the style of barbecue or outdoor cooking area that you want.
You can create a grill for barbecuing, with a brick oven for making pizza, bread, and other dishes. If you are building a grill on a concrete or other solid surface, you can add concrete directly onto this surface. Otherwise, if you are building onto a grass or earth surface, you will need to create a solid base for the foundation, which means digging down and using concrete and bricks in the same way as for the bench above. Lay the bricks lengthways and aim for seven rows.
This should provide you with a decent height that allows you to cook comfortably without having to stretch. It also allows enough room for two racks. Turn bricks side on to create a ledge for the racks, and you can even add a stone or concrete slab to create a work surface. Firebricks are a more vitrified version of standard house bricks.
They will not absorb water and are less prone to explosion and other damage from the combination of moisture and heat. Edging flower beds sharpens up the design of your garden by effectively creating a border between earth flower beds and the grassed lawn.
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