Next door's builder dodgy brickwork

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My neighbour is busy getting the wall built up finally after Storm Arwen, but have you seen the state of this brick work they have left on my side of the wall. Is this acceptable of a professional brick layer?

The other thing is I was about to get it built up myself, my builder is due to start next week originally to build this back up and build me 3 pillars for a roller garage door and gate with lintel across the top. If I didn't happen to be getting a builder in next week I'd have been left with this crappy brickwork on show, not even joining properly at the bottom. Flipping typical that they start the week before my work after all these months.

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Buffman said:
Nope, looks ****, the mortar joints look terrible (even on his side) and has not been tied into your brickwork at all so has very little structural support, nevermind the fact it looks terrible.

I'm sure a bricklayer would point out more faults but pretty naff overall.

Presumably you're not tying your proposed garage door into this?
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My builder was going to knock some of the old wall down and rebuild and build new pillar for roller garage door.
 
Heh. My builder turned up on Friday to start work on my garage door front, dug the foundations and filled them up with bags of postfix. Not sure if this is a legit time saving way or if I've just bagged myself another cowboy. :o

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He had the cheek to put all the empty bags in my recycling wheelie bin too. :(
 
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The wall is going to be taller than the average garage door height. So if it has no aggregate then they shouldn't have used it?

Where it actually costs more for the bags I doubt the builder is worrying about that as it's ultimately me who's paying for them.
 
Well I've decided I'm not going to worry about it and hopefully my builder still does a good job of my building work. Not sure about next door's builder like with the state of that tie in.

This is the postfix foundation:


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jpaul said:
Is there a drainage strategy/fall on the area where you'll be parking - you'd said it hasn't got a roof, but how is the roller door mechanism protected from the elements
so neighbours going for a similar deal with lintel & gate/door
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The back yard (driveway) has always been concrete ever since the house was built. Although I did have half of it renewed during the first covid lockdown (see other thread) and the other half was probably replaced 30-40 year ago. I am planning on getting the whole back yard (driveway) block paved with permeable blocks from Marshalls and I've already got a few ground workers lined up to quote as soon as this building work is finished.

No idea how they make the garage door water proof but dozens of properties in my street and surrounding streets have the same set up with garage door access to their back yards for parking. There is even someone along my street who has an electric one too. So it must can be done. I've also decided to go for an electric roller door too although I'm getting a local garage door company to measure and install it rather than my builder.

Neighbour is going for similar deal yes, though they are just basically replacing what they had which came crashing down during Storm Arwen. They just had a basic up and over door.
 
If it falls down I'll sue him for money back. :(

Neighbour's brick pillars are just set on soil and maybe a bit of cement because I watched the guy do them.
 
Next doors is tied into the side shared wall but my new garage door wall is not tied into it.

The original plan was my new garage door wall was going to be tied into the side wall but their builder started a week before mine so got there first. Last time I heard my neighbour was having difficulty trying to find a builder to do their job so I wasn't expecting them to be getting it done a week before mine.

Next door have only basically done a repair job because the external wall at the other side of their gate opening which didn't fall down in the storm still remains. The bricks don't match and a lot of them have blown to pieces in the cold weather over the years. Maybe they couldn't afford to replace the lot.

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I'm also peed off at the brickie only doing 3.5 hours of work a day and finishing before noon. Looks like it won't be finished until Monday at this rate when it could have been finished by now. But I also assume they have to wait for bricks to set?
 
ik9000 said:
They can only lay so many courses a day, i think it's about 1m height from memory, before the risk of the weight squeezing out the mortar and everything settling is too high. There's also temps to consider as if it's too cold the mortar doesn't set properly. Same goes for concrete. You can end up with crumbly porridge like stuff that you can tap apart if it freezes before it's sufficiently set.
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Buffman said:
Is he charging a day rate or fixed price? If the latter i wouldnt be bothered.

Was the bricky happy/sound with the base?
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Fixed price for whole job. Not really peed off just an observation really and a willingness to get moved on with other jobs to get my lottery winnings spent. :D

He never mentioned the base to me so I assume he's alright with it, even if he wasn't happy he'd probably only mention it to his boss (guy who came to quote) and not me.
 
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~Divine~Wind~ said:
if an alleyways wide enough to get a car turned around to pull into a drive then I'm sure a gate would have plenty room?
Bifolds at a push, there appears to be one opposite with an actual roof on the garage and a little further up the road does appear to have gates.

When I last looked garage doors were damn expensive :(
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I could fit gates and I would still get a car in the yard but by having a roller door gaves greater access plus I can park right up to the door leaving more space in the yard behind car.
 
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