How to fix loose decorative steel infill panel on brick wall?

[Sean12]

Hi there, I recently bought a property and found that the front fence (a brick wall with decorative steel infill panels and brick piers) has a loose infill panel on one side, which is not connected to the adjacent brick pier. It seems that the previous owner cut back the infill panel, and now it just hangs from one pier via a couple of connections. I want to somehow connect it back to the brick wall, and am currently looking at using some 90 degree brackets or other item to hold it in place from the wall or pier. The problem is that there's a large gap (16cm to the pier and 8cm to the top of brick wall) and the brick wall is pretty thin, so not sure what the best solution is. Are there any better ideas or items that Bunnings may have that can fix a loose steel infill panel onto brick wall? Thanks.

 

  

[JacobZ]

Hi @Sean12,

It's not the prettiest solution, but you could drill some holes in the white concrete pier using a hammer drill with a masonry bit, then install some Reinforcing Dowel Bars and set them in place with chemset.

You could then bend the end of the dowel at a 90° angle and attach the dowel to the steel infill panel with some tie wire.

Allow me to tag our helpful members @Noyade, @AlanM52 and @Dave-1 to see if they have any ideas.

Let me know what you think.

Jacob

[Dave-1]

Good Evening @Sean12 

I looooove wandering the aisels of Bunnings, you get to see so many things and file them away for potential other uses...

I have two different types of brackets that may work for you.

- Carinya 189 x 39mm Black Floating Shelf Bracket 

or

- Flexi Storage Decorative Shelving 300mm Black Matte Shelf End Brackets 

With either of these you use a masonary drill and some Ramset 6 x 50mm Zinc AnkaScrew Masonry Anchor or the green wall plug in a 6mm drilled hole.

To fasten the bracket to your metal scroll work, I would drill through the bracket and the scroll and bolt them together.  You could also use an 20mm electrical saddle to go over that vertical piece and connect it to the horizontal brackets from the pillar if you didnt feel like its wise to drill the metal scroll work

Dave

[Noyade]

Apologies @Sean12 - but I only have a welding solution using 12mm square.

The fence looks old with fractured render - so, I'd be trying to utilise that dynabolt and remaining steel stump rather than drilling new holes.

Steel bracket to fit the dynabolt.

Washer and nut.

Weld to the vertical member 160mm away. (1)

Weld a length to the stump and new top rail. (2)

Weld a small connecting piece. (3)

Clean up and paint.

[AlanM52]

Howdy @Sean12,

I am proposing a 'invisible repair' job using timber and metal.

I would use my 14" Bandsaw.

To cut the 'metal tube extension' from one piece of timber but you could use a jigsaw and two pieces of timber.

The rest is square metal rod/tube (or timber).

Come back if you want more info...

Cheers