Fix Accessories In Exposed Brickwork

[Hefferl]

For a new conservatory I need to fix sockets etc to what was the external wall.

This wall is being left as is with exposed brickwork. I'm unsure about sinking accesories into the brickwork because of the damage that may be done and obviously there will be no opportunity to make good. I'm also mindful of the fact that the brickwork will be uneven and as such could lead to gaps between the wall and faceplates.

Easy option would be surface mount and also any gaps would then be between the brick face and the back of the pattress. (Of course this option is not not the best looking)

How have others tackled this is the past  and if you went for flush mounted, what kit did you use to chop out the brickwork?

Thanks

 

[Blue Duck]

Galv +1 

Sinking boxes and chasing will make a mess of exposed brick I doesn't all go to plan.

All the posh restaurant places (Bills!)  have tray and conduit all over the place. 

 

[matt.leung]

i would stich drill the back box hole, with tape on the drill bit so each hole is drilled at the same depth...

this will help with any break out.... just the cabelling to worry about now...

 

[ProDave]

I have seen flush sockets direct into brick in a conservatory and it looked very nice. The height of one brick is about right for a socket box. but I have often wondered how they did it.  It would be easy to build it in as the wall was built, but virtually impossible later on. Come to think of it, the places I have seen it were on the dwarf walls under the windows, so almost certainly built in as the wall was built.

 

[NozSpark]

I would have thought that chopping the box in would be reasonably easy,,, however getting the cable to it is another matter

 

[matt.leung]

in the past i have seen sparks install cable along / in the mortar line - twin run in small oval conduit chopped in, then mortar over to make good.

 

[Steve3948]

Stainless Steel conduit and accessories look really nice on red brick.

 

[kerching]

Bak in the late seventies we did a house that ALL the internal walls were fair faced concrete common brick with raked back pointing.

There were no angle grinders available....I had to chop EVERY Fricking box in by hand!

Th e trick was to place the box across the perp joint of two bricks....otherwise there is too little brick left and the brickies can become really moody. We found the best way to cut them in was using a really good quality wood chisel!

Today I would use angle grinder, scutching and prayers!.....on second thoughts nowadays I would pay a brickie to do it

Just reminiscing.......

 

[OnOff]

What about stitch drilling as above for the boxes then setting in metal clad boxes rather than the usual galv jobs and then 2.5mm FP200 in raked out mortar joints? Thinking it's thinner than conduit.

Was going to suggest pyro.........saw this done (buried) in a flint faced wall once.

 

[NozSpark]

Why FP??