Redbrick pillars reinforced?

tunner

Lads can anyone tell me how much I can expect to get 2 redbrick pillars reinforced in Dublin? I eventually hung 2 wooden gates (approx 3 stone each) the other day to keep the kids in. The redbrick on one of the pillars gave way and the bricks came loose. I used trawl bolts to secure it properly.
The pillars are not hollow but I was told by a fella doing some building at the top of the road that they would have to be taken down and concrete poure into them
Or steel work and rebuilt again as they are not strong enough. They are about 4 ft high.

Is this true and if so would it be expensive? I bought the gates second han and sanded them and painted them and have the looking well in fairness but I'm just afraid this will cost a bit and a bit I do not currently have

Any advice GREATLY appreciated!!!!

Poor Uncle Tom

A picture would be helpful, but why not drill straight through the pier and extend the to eye straight through like a bolt. That way the entire pier is taking the 3 stone weight instead of it dragging from one or two bricks on the pier face. It would be a lot cheaper that removing and replacing the piers.

tunner

HiI cant seem to upload a photo but what do you mean

drill straight through the pier and extend the to eye straight through like a bolt. That way the entire pier is taking the 3 stone weight instead of it dragging from one or two bricks on the pier face

I have drilled into the pillar and put rawlbolts to hold the hinges.

Poor Uncle Tom

I don't know the size of your pier but you could use one of these

to drill through the pier, not just into it. A threaded bar is then put through the pier with the supporting eye (gate hinge) on one end and a plate and nut at the back. The drill bit shown is a 600mm masonry bit and should do any brick or block pier.

DublinDilbert

That's quite a good idea above, as the side closest to the gate will take the weight of it, straight down and the lateral force is transferred to the other side / core of it.

Aldi are doing 1m sds bits for €10, and then use some treaded bar as suggested above.

vicwatson

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

I don't know the size of your pier but you could use one of these

to drill through the pier, not just into it. A threaded bar is then put through the pier with the supporting eye (gate hinge) on one end and a plate and nut at the back. The drill bit shown is a 600mm masonry bit and should do any brick or block pier.

And OP they had set of those drill bits in aldi at moment. Didn't get price sorry. Might be worth filling it with concrete after you've done what poor uncle tom suggested.

tunner

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

I don't know the size of your pier but you could use one of these

to drill through the pier, not just into it. A threaded bar is then put through the pier with the supporting eye (gate hinge) on one end and a plate and nut at the back. The drill bit shown is a 600mm masonry bit and should do any brick or block pier.

The problem with this is that the hinge to the top of the gate lands just at where the bricks are joined by morter and when I drill into it the bricks just seperate