{ brick columns?

[GB_Groundworks]

does anyone know of a good technique for building spiral brick columns/pillars/posts.

Got a job to build 2, someone has already given it a go and made a reet mess 1 has fallen over already.

so the brickies wanted to know if anyone had a good technique, they say no one really does them anymore. thinking of stepping each corner out 10mm etc.





Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1251534385

[seanandruby]

This was covered before a couple of years ago, so should be in past posts. LLL explained it but i cant remember.

[GB_Groundworks]

tar for that sean

missed the bit on the search page about date found this

right spiral piers
concrete an 8 ft scaffold tube in vertically at the centre of the chimney
cut a peice of ply 450 by 450 dead square
cut a 50mm hole in the centre of the ply
place the ply over the scaff tube and use as your profile moving it approx 10mm at a time for a nice spiral effect
i will post a picture of some spiral piers i have doen recently tommorrow

from tony, photos gone though off that post

[lutonlagerlout]

you answered it yourself giles!

i did one freehand years ago and it was a nightmare
so i hit upon the scaffold tube solution

works a treat and it looks unusual too,no end of folk ask me how i did it :;):

you have to make sure that the scaf tube is true and that when it is set it is perfectly plumb

the only thing i struggled with was working out how many course would equate to 1 full turn,

in the end it worked out 21 course of brickwork = a 90 deg turn with a brick being 215 mm long and 10 mm a course this makes sense

cheers LLL

[Tony McC]

A dry-run would enable you to determine whether there is enough 'twist' or not at any particular rotation value