{"id":702,"date":"2015-05-04T19:05:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T18:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/?p=702"},"modified":"2015-06-04T17:36:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:36:17","slug":"rebuilding-the-parapet-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/rebuilding-the-parapet-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebuilding the Parapet Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I asked the roofers if there was anything I needed to be doing over the May bank holiday weekend and they asked me to rebuild the parapet wall.\u00a0 Roofers only like to tuck their lead into walls with a clear connection to the ground, so my magic levitating bricks were no good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-front-450x322.jpg\" alt=\"roof-wall-front\" width=\"450\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-front-450x322.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-front-624x447.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-front.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pointing had eroded so badly that the bricks had become loose.\u00a0 The top few courses could be lifted off with no resistance.\u00a0\u00a0 So could the next few courses.\u00a0 By the time I got down to bricks that stuck a bit to the course below\u00a0 I was down about 6 or 7 courses.<\/p>\n<p>The timber that became exposed had started to rot where it had been embedded in mortar between the loose leaky bricks, but it was still sound enough to work as a roof.\u00a0 I have treated the timber and I&#8217;m rebuilding the wall as a cavity wall around the timber with ventilation from the roof space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-taken-down.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-taken-down-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"roof-wall-taken-down\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-taken-down-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-taken-down-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/roof-wall-taken-down.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll update this post later.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a very slow bricklayer and haven&#8217;t finished yet.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go.\u00a0 The top courses had been rebuilt previously in cement and the bricks couldn&#8217;t be saved.\u00a0\u00a0 Rather than use new bricks I&#8217;ve gone for a slight design change.\u00a0 The\u00a0 parapet wall will be slightly lower and capped with tiles making it secondary to the main ridge line.\u00a0 Hopefully that will also help keep water off the brickwork.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/parapet-wall-bricks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/parapet-wall-bricks-450x326.jpg\" alt=\"parapet-wall-bricks\" width=\"450\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/parapet-wall-bricks-450x326.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/parapet-wall-bricks-624x453.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/parapet-wall-bricks.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much later the roofers put a little hat on the top of the wall.\u00a0\u00a0 We didn&#8217;t really think it through and there is a lot of lead on there from various evolutions of the design.\u00a0 The timbers underneath should at least be well protected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tiles-on-parapet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tiles-on-parapet-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"tiles-on-parapet\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" 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