Brick work moving above damp proof course

Harry Bloomfield said:
That is terrible, that is not 'brick work'....
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Correct. One we did earlier...:)
[GALLERY=media, 106705]Bigwall1 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106706]Bigwall2 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106707]Bigwall3 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106708]Bigwall4 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106709]Bigwall5 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106710]Bigwall6 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106711]Bigwall8 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
 
noseall said:
Correct. One we did earlier...:)
[GALLERY=media, 106705]Bigwall1 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106706]Bigwall2 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106707]Bigwall3 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106708]Bigwall4 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106709]Bigwall5 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106710]Bigwall6 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106711]Bigwall8 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 1:11 PM[/GALLERY]
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lovely work, incredibly neat
 
transam said:
you sure u did that Noseall :idea:
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About 75% of the brickwork, all of the cornering and pillars and built the curve in its entirety and laid most of the blues on top.

I had the cranked steel posts fabricated, below...

[GALLERY=media, 106717]Greatwall9 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 3:11 PM[/GALLERY]
 
When I saw the OP's picture I immediately thought of Yozzer in Boys from the Black Stuff.

"Giz a job? I can do that, giz a job. Go on giz a job I can do that."

And the result was similar to Melindas' wall.
 
fillyboy said:
Out of interest, obviously on the runs you work to a line, how do you go about the curve? just by eye?
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Yes, but it was a fiddle. In order to mimic the privet hedge that was there, it was telling me to exit the pillar the same but opposite to the other pillar. I tried but it looked waz. So I set it out as you see and it took several messings about with bricks trying to get even cranks in every brick - and that is the art. I was able to use full length bricks for most of the curve then went to snap headers for the severe bit. There is exactly one extra full brick in the outer part of the curve than the inner part. Every curve brick is laid, levelled and plumbed. The secret to a good looking curve is even off-set in every brick and dead plumb and level.
 
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fillyboy said:
how do you go about the curve? just by eye?
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We set it out in blockwork once I'd traced it out in bricks and marked the concrete. Then a power cable blew in the footpath and about four utility company vans turned up and commandeered my wall and working space...
[GALLERY=media, 106718]Greatwall1_LI by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 8:21 PM[/GALLERY]

Here is how it looked previously...
[GALLERY=media, 106719]Greatwall2 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 8:21 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106720]Greatwall3 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 8:21 PM[/GALLERY]
[GALLERY=media, 106721]Greatwall4 by noseall posted 27 Jun 2021 at 8:21 PM[/GALLERY]
 
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