Brick & Block Repair

Cutting brickwork square with the Arbortech ALLSAW

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One brick out,nothing else touched

Everything you need to cut out and replace damaged bricks and blocks — square corners, full-depth cuts and no overcut into the surrounding wall.

Square cuts, zero overcut

A circular blade can't do it: round blades overcut every corner, so removing one brick means scarring four of its neighbours. That's the difference between a repair and a patch-up.

The ALLSAW cuts square into corners at full depth. Cut the perimeter of a single brick, plunge through the middle, and lift it out — the surrounding wall never knows you were there.

Technique

Remove a single brick cleanly

Run the Head Joint Blade down the short vertical joints, clear the bed joints, then use Plunge Blades to break the brick's core and lever it free. Four clean edges, ready for the replacement to bed straight in.

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Remove a single brick cleanly
Trade insight

A good repair disappears into the wall.

When the cut is square and the neighbouring bricks are untouched, the replacement beds in flush and the repair vanishes. Overcut corners can't be hidden.

Kevin InksterFounder, Arbortech

The process

Three steps to an invisible repair

The same method scales from one spalled brick to a full course.

  1. Step 1

    Cut the perimeter

    Clear the bed joints and run the Head Joint Blade down both verticals — full depth, square into every corner.

  2. Step 2

    Break out the brick

    Plunge through the face to split the brick, then lever the pieces out without disturbing the surrounding wall.

  3. Step 3

    Bed the replacement

    Clean and dampen the opening, butter the new brick and bed it flush — then point the joints to match the existing work.