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Bricklaying & Repointing

HOLES IN BRICK WALL AND REFILLING/REPAIRING EXPANSION GAP ON EXTERNAL HOUSE WALL

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.25 PM

I have moved to a new house and the previous owner has made lots of drill holes in the bricks of the front external wall where he had been trying to fit grab rails etc. I would like to fill them to protect from ingress of insects, rain etc. What is the best filler to use please? Was also thinking about getting a matching brick to drill and use the drill dust to disguise the filler/blend in? Secondly, the external wall expansion gap filler needs replaced as it’s crumbling and missing in parts of the gap. What product do I use for this please? Hoping some experienced bricklayers can help with some advice please? Thanks.

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5 Answers

FLASHBRICKWORK

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South Croydon

Dear meerykat, My opinion on your problem would be to remove the bricks where the wholes are and fill back up with a new brick so the whole is completely filled and the problem of insects intruding the home will be near to none.For your second query it’d best to use would be a waterproof sealant first followed by a silicone finish. Making sure that all dust and old mortar is removed.

Answered13 October 2019

Brick & Stonework Services

Rating: 5 out of 5

Weston Super Mare

Hello Meerycat As the holes in the bricks are only drill holes mix up a small amount of mortar and add some mortar colour to match the bricks ( whatever you do dont go knocking the bricks out you'll give yourself a whole load of work matching mortar joints etc ) For the expansion joint buy a matching sealant PJ :-)

Answered13 October 2019

Anonymous user

Remove the bricks with hole and use mortar to relay them and joint them with mortar or fill holes with a cement and blend the colour in

Answered25 October 2019

S N L Brickwork

Rating: 5 out of 5

Bognor Regis

I totally agree with “Flashbrickwork” he has answered the question correctly

Answered25 October 2019

Bricklayer Kieran

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Alton

Two ways 1 remove drilled bricks and replace with new. Or 2 you could just fill the holes in with cement and blow brick dust over it to disguise them. In my opinion ither way would work fine

Answered25 October 2019