I have a chipped corner on the front of one the fire place bricks. Does anyone know how to repair this without having to replace the entire brick?

Louis, November 2005

More info:

Web site www.matchingbrick.co.uk

Matching Brick Company (Swindon Tel : 01793 528899)

kibby, January 2006

Sorry should be ' if you can find'

kibby, January 2006

BRICK MATCHING COMPANY (thats its name) Shrivenham Rd SWINDON UK, try GOOGLE TO FIND. May be branches elsewhere.
If you can file grout colourant powder (tile suppliers) NOT COLOURED GROUT, it is/was??? used to colour white grout .It can be used (black+red mixed with mortar to give most shades of plummy brown), or cement colourant similar.....all in all a bit hit and miss. Make it up darken than required colour as it dries lighter. Use neat UNIBOND PVA to act a key to ensure mortar attaches securely to broken brick.

KIBBY, January 2006

Not an easy job without it showing. I've used brick dust mixed with cement to repair a dimpled brick which can't be matched and worked a treat. Some you HAVE to cut out.
Try cutting back the corner more of the damaged brick. Get a match or near match brick cut the face corner off [patterned brick] and glue it in place with unibond glue which dries clear.
Of course it will show until it tones down or cut the damaged brick out if you don't like seeing the repaired corner.
Use an angle grinder and thick stone wheel to cut the mortar joint but cover the furnature first as it kicks out one hell of a dust cloud. Don't forget the eye shields either.
Bob.

Bob, December 2005