Great job! The only step I'd skip is the Building Control inspection. That's a violation of your human rights. They can put that inspection where the sun don't shine.
Ok so I just went at the 117-year-old mortar on my bricks with a chisel and metal putty knife and a rubber mallet. I did it into a cardboard box lined with a thick plastic garbage bag. It worked!
I also saw in another YT video that bricks can be cleaned with Muriatic Acid (readily and cheaply available at Home Depot). Definitely going to do that too. They look **amazing** after the little bath in Muriatic Acid but you want to scrape off as much mortar as you can to make the cleaning go faster.
He's using a 'Pneumatic Chisel Hammer' but an electric hammer drill will work just as well - NB; you must get one where the 'chisel' bit, doesn't spin. I've used one on heaps of bricks - it tents to flake off in big slices.
Have you had any issues with weeds afterwards? I've just finished a 8 metre path with 45deg herringbone which has a slight s shape and going up a hill. I have wet sharp sand and thinking about putting a bit of cement in it so it hardens and stops the weeds coming through.
Hi Paul, nice job. From what decade were these reclaimed bricks? Handmade or wirecut, etc? 2 years on, what percentage have now blown from the frost due to contact with ground? Or did you find a good product to seal them with?
I didn't seal them, 4 have blown with he frost a couple started last year with very hard frosts after a wet period and have fully gone now. They are a very heavy solid brick though, victorian but like an engineering brick.
As a Building control inspector myself. I can tell you we do not need to see patios and groundworks unless its on a new build or extension site and theres potential for breaching the DPC. If it's just a patio, Building control shou;dn't even be involved.
He's using a 'Pneumatic Chisel Hammer' but an electric hammer drill will work just as well - NB; you must get one where the 'chisel' bit, doesn't spin. I've used one on heaps of bricks - it tents to flake off in big slices.
Looks good i want this coming off the back porch then brick sidewalk to the dock
Thank you- very helpful and inspirational- looks great!
Looks great, Paul!
The dog loves that sweeping sound
Good job. Great inspector. :)
Great job! The only step I'd skip is the Building Control inspection. That's a violation of your human rights. They can put that inspection where the sun don't shine.
So pretty!
Looks amazing!!! Please make the video on how to ceal it and what with. Thank you
Good job!
Well done!
Wow so inspiring!!!
Great vid mate hopeing mine truns out just as good as that.ive started saving all me old brinks.
Herringbone looks 👍
Pretty nice.
Great video
What's the benefit of using kiln dried sand vs play sand or polymeric?
Looks great. From my experience upkeep is time consuming for larger areas. It does look good when we’ll maintained.
Paul that is beautiful. You definitely deserve a beer after that. Perhaps, maybe two. 😆😆
ThankYou ❤ of course, you make it look easy, lol
Well done 👏
beautiful
Lovely job! Which machine did you use to remove the old cement from the bricks please?
I was wondering that too
Ok so I just went at the 117-year-old mortar on my bricks with a chisel and metal putty knife and a rubber mallet. I did it into a cardboard box lined with a thick plastic garbage bag. It worked!
I also saw in another YT video that bricks can be cleaned with Muriatic Acid (readily and cheaply available at Home Depot). Definitely going to do that too. They look **amazing** after the little bath in Muriatic Acid but you want to scrape off as much mortar as you can to make the cleaning go faster.
He's using a 'Pneumatic Chisel Hammer' but an electric hammer drill will work just as well - NB; you must get one where the 'chisel' bit, doesn't spin. I've used one on heaps of bricks - it tents to flake off in big slices.
Spectacular!
How did you keep the herringbone straight with the salvaged bricks?
Have you had any issues with weeds afterwards? I've just finished a 8 metre path with 45deg herringbone which has a slight s shape and going up a hill. I have wet sharp sand and thinking about putting a bit of cement in it so it hardens and stops the weeds coming through.
Hi Paul, nice job.
From what decade were these reclaimed bricks? Handmade or wirecut, etc?
2 years on, what percentage have now blown from the frost due to contact with ground?
Or did you find a good product to seal them with?
I didn't seal them, 4 have blown with he frost a couple started last year with very hard frosts after a wet period and have fully gone now. They are a very heavy solid brick though, victorian but like an engineering brick.
Where can I get bricks like these?
As a Building control inspector myself. I can tell you we do not need to see patios and groundworks unless its on a new build or extension site and theres potential for breaching the DPC. If it's just a patio, Building control shou;dn't even be involved.
What's that tool you're using in step 1?
He's using a 'Pneumatic Chisel Hammer' but an electric hammer drill will work just as well - NB; you must get one where the 'chisel' bit, doesn't spin. I've used one on heaps of bricks - it tents to flake off in big slices.
Could I do this on top of a concrete area?
Oh god... those bricks needed a cleaning first 🤢
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Looks good, but you really explained nothing! The music was also terrible.