Flemish Bond Conundrum - Answer

[parkview094]

If you fancy a brain teaser, read my other thread "Flemish Bond Conundrum" first. Otherwise - read on to see if you can help figure out what the right 'course' ahem, of action is..

Our builder is currently bricking up a hole in the side wall of our house created by the removal of three doors. Today I came home to find this:

Did you spot the problem? If the brickie continues with his current course he's going to have the mortar joints lining up as per:


How did this come about? Looking at the wall, I'd never noticed before that the flemish bond above and beneath the window doesn't line up. I think they did this originally to help avoid an slither of brick where the old back door was. The brickie has started bottom right with his brick work and probably assumed that the course he was starting on was a continuous pattern to the top. Seeing as the needed some queen closers, he's rightly managed to get the pattern to match up perfectly, just one course out!
Unfortunately he's bricked up 11 courses now (9" wall). Besides taking it down and starting again, any suggestions?

 

[88v8]

Nice one.
Which might bother some people.
But will be unnoticed by 99%, and eventually this will include you.
Answer? Where the perpends are askew, plant a tall evergreen and train it up the wall.

Ivor

 

[stuart45]

If I'd made a basic mistake like that for a customer I know I would have to take it down and rebuild it. You don't really expect a pro bricklayer to do work like that.
Under the window has a few places of broken bond, so it's really important to count down from above so the bond works out.
When you are forced to use broken bond ii's normally put under a window, but 3/4 or 1/2 bats should be used and not closers.