Thread: Timber Shelf/Bar

You're on the right path with removing the sill bricks... especially when you consider that the piece you're inserting should tuck under the window frame. If it's just butt-jointed to the front you're making a potential rot site to contend with in a few years down the line.

I totally agree with Fuzzie's approach to it, too.

Now that you've got that first brick out, the rest should easily come free - in a relatively intact state - with the use of hammer & bolster. I assume you want them out in more or less one piece to cut down and replace underneath?

It does look some cretin overdid the cement ratio in the mud, though.

One question... you [i]are[/u] using a masonry wheel in the angle grinder, right?

20170208_185016.jpg20170208_185026.jpg20170208_185038.jpgHello, yes I am using a masonry wheel in the grinder. I have bricked the brick back in! Why? Total PITA to re-brick level as the mortar etc is all uneven also, its on a massive angle. Anyhow, I have cut some pine at the correct angle which I plan to glue down and then glue the shelf down on pine. Trouble now is (always something!) is that if I seal the wood (OSMO UV oil) all over, the wood wont (likely) stick onto the pine. If I only seal the front, sides and the bits I can reach after gluing then I run the risk of warpage due to humidity/moisture content etc etc %^&# etc. So, where to now? Dowels? Still glue? Drill and screw with some plugs from an offcut of blackbutt?

go back to your original plan of using wedges and a fascia board?

Hello, yes that's the plan. The issue is glue or screws (hopefully semi-hidden!) If glue then how to coat and still have adhesion.

Jeff, I think what Ian means is just use small widths of timber wedges not a complete strip of timber cut to the angle of the bricks as per your photos. I could imagine that leaving it as you have it with that strip of timber you may get some moisture between it and the shelf. A barrier plastic strip may be good to lay over the pine prior to the shelf going on. Then screw down into the pine from the top of the shelf. Or just use liquid nails??


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